Here is my concept on how I would do balancing in the next patch. I’m not a pro player at all (currently low diamond) but I have watched many of the pro players concerns and it influenced my consideration on how I would balance this. The latest Beasty video has been particularly useful. I decided I would make a concept for a balance patch, in the same way others have created civ concept on this forum before.
Note that this is more on the cautious side, avoiding huge game changes, and instead focusing on a few critical points that need to be addressed with slight tweak. It does not include bug fix, and mostly focus on new civs. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Here it is:
Japanese
Floating Gate Yorishiro: Resources generation changed from 75 to 60 if placed in a resources generating building.
Samourai Odachi tech: Now does not grant extra range anymore to the samourai.
Ozutsu: Armor reduced from 4 to 3, bonus damage against building reduced from 130 to 120. HP Reduced from 160 to 150.
Budhist Temple Landmark: Now also spawns 2 free monks upon completion.
Budhist Monk Sohei’s Sutra Ability: Now works a bit better at being casted automatically, by prioritizing high-damage targets and prioritizing the skill over healing during battles.
Byzantine
Grand Winery: Aura Range increased by 2 tiles. Unlock training of monks in the feudal age.
Cistern of first hill provides 2 water levels.
Byzantine start with 100 stone instead of 50.
Jeanne D’Arc
Reviving her with gold now takes 20 seconds of queue time in the TC.
Reviving ability cost and time gets a discounted based on how close you are from her reviving for free (if you waited 50% of the time, she is revived at 50% of the cost and in 10 sec).
Jeanne XP required to level up changed from 500/500/1500 to 500/750/1500
Ayyubids
Casino wing:
Cannot train villagers anymore. (Traders are still available)
Instead, the slot that had villager is replaced with a unique unit based on which age you built the wing:
Feudal: Desert Raider
Castle: Camel Lancer
Imperial: Culverin
Training units at the casino wing now takes 7 seconds instead of being instant. Resources trade are still instant.
Military Wing blacksmith: Now also researches all blacksmith research from previous age (not only the current age).
Zhu Xi legacy
Shaolin Monks HP reduced from 170 to 150
Song dynasty does not apply to defensive building (outpost/walls)
Meditation Garden resources production is now reduced by 20% per nearby enemy unit instead of 10% (so you only need 5 units nearby to completely negate it)
Divine Defense (Temple of the sun toggle) also increases the range of springald by +0.5 tile
Order of the Dragon
Start with 6 villagers like other civs
Archen chapel aura range increased by 2 tiles.
Archen chapel can now hold 1 relic, when it does, the aura gathering rate is increased to 15% instead of 10%. (Relic still generates gold.)
Meinwork Golden Cuirrass: Grants 20% damage reduction when below 25% hp (instead of 20%)
New Tech at the barrack (Age III): Battle Axes: Guilded MAA equip a one handed axe and deal +6 damage against light units. (The axe 3d model already exist as a bug)
War horses: War horses now lasts for 3 seconds after the charge as well, instead of just during the charge.
Old Civs
Ottoman
Great Bombard HP reduced from 350 to 300 (Still takes 5 springald hit without the Siege Works upgrade, but will take 6 springald hit instead of 7 with Siege Works upgrade)
Janissary base damage increased from 16 to 18
Janissary bonus damage against cavalry reduced from 16 to 8
Jannissary gun tech increase damage by +5 instead of +3.
Sea Gate Castle comes with a free great bombard emplacement.
Note: Janissaries make cavalry completely obsolete and in current format you just can’t use cavalry at all against ottoman jani. This change goal is to make Janissaries a bit more versatile, while still countering cavalry, but without completely annihilating them. The improved imperial age tech should make them slightly more similar to handcannoner in imperial in terms of attack. The effective change in imperial is -4 against cavalry but +4 against other units.
Delhi
Zeal ability increase the attack speed for 7 seconds instead of 3.
HRE
Burgrave palace spawn 3 landsknetch for free upon completion
Mongol
Mongol can now build wood walls in imperial age, after researching the Pax Mongolica tech.