I’l only go over Zhu Xi’s Legacy for now, since this is the civ I play the most frequently.
First,there are some bugs.Players using Zhu Xi can get an upper limit of 8 imperial officials if they research both the Imperial Red Seal and Advanced Administration, yet the actual production cap is only 6.This bug has existed ever since the Jin Dynasty update. It’s such an obvious flaw that anyone can spot it after just a few matches, and I have no idea why it wasn’t fixed in the latest patch.There’s also the Dali Horses tech. Originally it only granted a 10% attack speed buff; after a bug patch, the bonus got raised to 17%, yet it still falls short of the listed 20% written in the tech description.Even the stacking formulas for all kinds of bonuses are totally inconsistent. For Zhu Xi, the Ming Dynasty damage bonus stacks additively with University tech bonuses, yet the same Ming bonus stacks multiplicatively with the Divine Charge buff (Other civs suffer from identical stacking bugs too, and I’ll skip listing all of them).
1.I really don’t get the rework on Meditation Gardens. It used to be strong and fun to play around, and scouting for a perfect spot to drop it felt exciting. Now it’s just a dull, useless landmark.
2.How come Palace Guard is still stuck at 25 gold? They jacked up its gold cost because infantry and tax income were absurdly strong once, but those two core systems have both been nerfed heavily since then. There’s no logical reason not to roll back this unit’s gold cost now.
3.They’re both battle monks, but Sengoku Daimyo’s Ikko-Ikki Monk has its own exclusive unique techs, meanwhile Shaolin Monk gets nothing of the sort plus harsh production limits. Do devs really think this unit is strong? In any 1v1 game, they disappear entirely once players finish grabbing all relics on the map.
4.Grenadier have been buffed countless times but still aren’t good enough. Their damage is way too weak, and Chinese Grenadier are by far the worst of the bunch.
5.Military Affairs Bureau?Pure garbage.
6.How come Zhu Xi’s Library only lets you pick 2 unique techs? All these techs don’t even come close to matching the value of King’s College’s upgrades.Roar of the Dragon is straight up useless garbage.What’s the logic behind 10000 Bolts nerfing Zhuge Nu’s attack speed?Dynastic Protectors is dead weight unless you stack Divine Charge plus Ming Dynasty perks to make it work.Advanced Administration is plagued by multiple bugs.Cloud of Terror got hit with massive nerfs, and Bombards were gutted alongside the tech.
I know devs will most likely never touch these changes, but I have to say it: it’s not just Zhu Xi. Lots of older civs deserve big reworks just like the Abbasids got. The game is still full of useless units, badly balanced techs and terrible landmarks.