Actual Balance Changes

Great patch as usual as a whole! :slightly_smiling_face:

But I’m not sure why the Cumans were nerfed (again)…
(The loss of supplies makes their infantry even more average).

In my opinion, they should instead be buffed!

The Malay were at the bottom of all civs. (cf. https://aoestats.io/) because of a bug. The now three last civs. are two (very) strong naval civs. and… the Cumans. Who arguably have the worst options on the water of all 35 civs. And who don’t even have walls on land. Their siege is average at best, lacking SE, BBC & heavy scorpion. Their infantry is now also average at best. They lack arbalest too. Their monks are not usuable, lacking redemption in Castle Age and then all techs related to them in imperial. They just have (gold-intensive) cavalry left.

The Cumans are now as predictable as the Goths, only other civ. without walls. At least in the long run, Cumans should therefore be unstoppable for most civs. like Goths. Their cavalry will be absolutely top-tier right?

Weakest Camel rider in the game, weakest Steppe Lancer in the game, no lasting bonus for the knight-line until imp. (where it’s a slight one), no bracer for the cav. archers and now even the elephant archer, a walking keep, has a smaller reload time then the kipchak!

As of today, the Cumans are already worse-off and statistically lose at all stages of a game, from early game to super-late-game (cf. https://aoestats.io/civ/Cumans/RM_1v1). And with the current nerf, it’s about to get even worse. The playrate online is understandly also already dropping.

The Cumans are the only civ. to lack bracer despite having an archer UU. In my opinion, it’s to fix that anomaly (cf. The Cuman Kipchak - An Analysis). They are so far away from being top-tier, that I don’t see how bracer could suddenly make them OP.

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