Balance is an issue yes.
But no, I don’t just want more unique units. I want cultural representation.
You can throw in a lot of unique units and it still may make no sense at all. Like how the arbaletrier is a French unique unit in AoE4. It’s just a translation for crossbowman. And crossbowmen from England also employed a shield for reloading, so why is the arbaletrier a unique unit of the French? And why does only the arbaletrier get to use a shield? I really wanna know.
I don’t like making unique units just for the sake of balance. Like I really think there are some lost opportunities. Why are the knights and lancers exactly the same unit? They could have given the Lancer for Delhi, Mongols and Abbasids different stats and abilities, like how the palace guard is a Chinese maa but quite unique (I like!).
I’m glad you like AoE4 and think the game is good for RTS, but in its current state I don’t think the civs are rich enough for my taste.
Maybe because I’ve never seen AoE as a competition game… its always been something else for me.