But what is the point from a civ-balance perspective ? Wasnt it overall agreed that Bulgarians struggle mainly in early to mid high elo games due to weakish civ bonus + no xbow ? In that regard giving them bbc wont make them much more appealing in tournaments, be it in closed maps, open maps, water maps and hybrid maps ?
On this topic: Thoughts on Bulgarians? - #57 by DemiserofD , you made a conserning point about Konik being worse than cavaliers in every aspect and being the “3rd best cavalry option by a wide margin”.
If high elo players dont use Bulgarians and kreposts because they are afraid of then being treb down, why not just give koniks (mounted and dismounted) a bonus damage against siege ? Then it will be better for then while still in castle age (all in or being behind), while still only needing a single castle for upgrades.
I think giving them BBCs will make their good win rates at lower elos even better, but not make them more popular in tournaments, where most of the complaining about Bulgarians (being underpicked) comes from.