Bulgarians have a problem according to KotD3

[WoeIsToWho]

On the TC discount, from another thread on Bulgarians

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Britons get their wood cost halved
Bulgarians get their stone cost halved.

If you drop two TC’s in Castle age, grand total, Britons will save 275 wood, enough for a University (to eventually get ballistics and chemistry) and tack on three houses. That’s extremely substantial.

If you drop two TC’s in Castle age, as Bulgarians, they will save you 100 stone, or not enough for a tower. Less than a third of the cost of a Krepost. Less than a sixth of the cost of a Castle.

This. Bonus. Is. Bad. It needs to be expanded or gutted. That’s the list of options. I hope we understand why. The ONLY significant purpose of this bonus is currently to be able to drop a single defensive tower against pressure in feudal and still have the stone to drop a TC in castle age, which loses all meaning if the pressure carries past that tower or if you go to stone to supplement your defenses. It’s a terrible bonus in 95% of cases, which is why I keep saying it, and why it should change.

If we’re gonna change Bulgarians, that’s what we change. I think the bonus could be interesting if we kept it as a bonus that only kicks in Castle age or later, but make it a static 50 stone discount, and have it apply to Towers. That way, they’ll have a unique push and map control style being able to put up very inexpensive defenses (along with the Krepost) and it supplements a drush FC, which is arguably their best strategy. They get FU towers, and Towers are a good supplement to the Bulgarian army given how they don’t have a FU archer or CA line to fall back on.

I think this is the most robust and unique method to change them and if we aren’t going to expand this bonus, it should be removed as I’ve described earlier as it’s really weighing down the civ.