I’m petitioning to give MatM1996 some sort of timeout every time they post, this incessant spam has become so obnoxious even after he’s been told how to multi-quote.
20 new messages is actually just 5, two actual replies from MatM and three other…
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An army of German penguins, makes complete sense.
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I would sign that petition. I’ve flagged his posts as well
He’s just doing it intentionally now
@MatCauthon3 talk to your cousin
Looks like SOTL released a video today. Seems the consensus is still that the cata upgrades are too expensive and the unit is too niche, even if it’s good at what It does, there aren’t many cases to use it.
For example the cata would mean A LOT more if it was on a civ that was encouraging the opponent to make infantry anyway.
Example Italian hussars /cavaliers would encourage the opponent to make halbs, and now the catas would serve a purpose.
But as it stands, heavy infantry aren’t meta, so the cata exists to counter niche cases of UU infantry, because it’s generally pointless making halbs Vs byz, and even then (as SOTL) mentions, there’s more logistically feasible options
I would potentially: reduce elite tech by 200/100
Buff logistica so it adds +10hp as well.
This makes the E tech more feasible, but also gives the player the option of going for the cheape logistics and still making the cata better as a generalist.
And ultimately makes it more rewarding when you pay the extortionate 3100res for both tech(currently 3400)
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Maybe catas upgrades are very expensive…
But tbh if you know how to play byz and when to make catas it’s absolutely worth that investment
So… I think this is a really tough topic cause if we lower that cost byz easily can become like super dominant at the highest level…
Wtf why did your comments get flagged? 
Because “Spam”. I think we don’t need to do it.
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Yeah, he really shouldn’t make a separate post back to back for every post he replies
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Well, i always thought that but seems that he always forget to use cites? Maybe an advertence is engough. I mean what would be the purpose of doing it, even intetionally
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Or make the elite upgrade worth the price: reduce the training time from 20 secs to 16 secs.
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Love this idea, matches the name of this UT!
Oh you mean elite upgrade, nvm 
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I think their cost can get a reduction by 5 on both food and gold.
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Honestly I would be very careful with Byzantines. They have recieved so many buffs over the last patches and will get another one next patch.
Tournament performance is amazing and they are generally a great civ. Cataphracts may be niche, but they are a perfect counter to champions, the unit that counters trash and camels.
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Eh, buffs they got since DE came out.
Free Town Patrol…useful but not A-grade buff.
Now treadmill crane, something you don’t get until mid-late imperial.
Faster healing monks and reduction cost for elite cata upgrade and logistica (-400f and -200f).
Not exactly huge buffs.
Now they’ll get their only powerspike nerfed. Not saying they sucks, but surely they don’t seem anywhere near “danger” level.
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I agree that they aren’t “danger level” yet, but I also don’t think they need any more buffs honestly. They are pretty strong in my opinion and have a lot going on for them
lmfao x20 characters
Sure, sure…maybe this event now includes the aoe 4 plus the sound mods of aoe 1 units and the sounds and musketeers of aoe 3…
Ah… that I do not do it in a bad way, I feel more comfortable answering like this and also not to be confused with the messages, if I would not have to send myself a will to answer all the messages in a single post and the idea I want to express would be lost…
Of course,currently the penguins in Antarctica have planned to create the IV Reich xd…
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its not a bug. they replaced smx graphical files with sld, which shrinks graphic and UHD stuff by upwards 50-60%. redownloading those took awhile because wifi limits my internet, could only get about 300mbps out of the gigabit internet im using.
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In tournaments, opponents always played into Byzantines hand, that’s why Byzantines looks so good. Opponent goes Mangonel + Knight (or scout + archer in Feudal) push and Byzantines easily counter this army with 25% cheaper Camels and Monks.
What to do in order to beat Byzantines is that mass Crossbow + Mango + Monk in Castle Age. Mangonel kills Skirmisher and Crossbow kills Camel. Byzantines doesn’t have Bloodlines thus their Knight+ Light Cav is also bad. A player doesn’t have to hurry to attack Byzantines early on. Byzantines literally has no eco bonus until clicking Imperial Age.