Xolotls should really move faster than unupgraded knights, due to the lack of metal armor in mesoamerican use.
Whoa that’s news to me!
When I tried to make a more historically accurate Japan (admittedly motivated by hostility toward any positivity when stereotyping Samurai culture), I still ended up giving them top-shelf cav archers second only to Turks, for the simple reason that I couldn’t work out how to make them usable otherwise, they really aren’t that competitive in other fields, while at least the Higoyumi, however awkward on horseback, had good range and penetration.
I figured that instead of 6 base range to normal cav archer 4 base range, it’d be much less ridiculous to just let them have Parthian.
You are making me reconsider, because Samurai did really shoot their longbows from horseback, a bit less well than on foot, but still remarkably high-powered and long-ranged compared to composite shortbows. Hmm…
Well, thanks for the knowledge!