We do have many incentives, like winning battles, having our own nation state, and holding it twice as long as the Templars ever existed.
And the Order is certainly not desperate. It only seems that the Templars win the battle of publicity, and many people in fact have not heard of the Teutonic Order and the successful Crusade. It's a pity really. Considering our great acheivements were made with less than a thousand full brethren, imagine what we could do if we got the large amount of manpower that the Temple enjoys so liberally.
Come Sir William, you already posess gear suitable for any Ritterbruder, all that if left is to take up the mantle, and victories and cleanliness are yours!
