Hi Mat
removing supplies isnāt a nerf to Indians, and removing guilds isnāt going to do much either for a civ with the Sultans tech.
Itās true surely, although it could be a great add for a Indians which are not a very popular civ (3rd least pick according to aoestats) It can also be impossible to balance in either caseā¦
war elephants are insanely strong and the only reason they arenāt seen more is due to their high cost. even with mahouts in castle age you wonāt see them much due to costing 3 times the food of a knight.
Absolutely thatās why I think a small food reduction canāt hurt them as well. They will still being hard counter by monks and pikes, but at least with a little extra food save they can be a descent choice in more situations.
i find the irony of this comment in comparison to your comments about the leitis quite funny.
65 food and 40 gold for a unit that generates gold, has more health and is easier to mass, is fine
but 70 food and 50 gold for a unit that is rarely seen, has less health, and is harder to mass, is overpowered.
Itās not comparable cases, a concret exemple :
Leitis right know are dealing cost efficiency with halbs and camels in late gameā¦ theirs counter units Unlike cataphracts theyāre not designed in that purpose, and they also kill anything else for a fewer gold cost. Maybe going mass crossbows can be a good idea, but Lithuanians also have one of the best skirms in the game. Itās up to everyone to make their own opinion, for me at least they are ākindaā OP
The only reason theyāre not so used in high level game, is that pro players tend to have aggressive play style and knights are way easier to mass I believe. But in mid ranked ladder, player spend more time building armies and mass Leitis are so hard to deal with.
Keshiks have good stats for their costs (better than Leitis yes, if we forget that they ignore armors and the relics bonus), but die really hard to halbs/camels. Their gold generation bonus seem awesome on paper, but have not so much impact tbf.