Yeah even a little reshuffle of the tech tree would help a lot.
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No to effortless cannibalization. Cataphract Archer is a nice new idea.
No to aimless erasure. Knight-line serves different purpose to Cataphract, so can’t replace one another.
They both used the same kind of cavalry so it would make sense for it to be a shared unit.
They still could have access to normal Knights too but that might water down their identity too much.
Knights are a really really strong unit so either a regional alternative has to be even better or we will rarely see it being used.
What about cataphract archers as a regional unit? It was common for Cataphracts to carry composite bows since they were small although expensive
Western Europe could have Cranequiniers instead
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