I was replying to a message in a different thread that said civs are losing their uniqueness and that Cumans are the new Huns, which they’re not. Cumans don’t replace Huns or Cumans are not the new Huns is my point. I never said Kipchaks are not cavalry archers nor that Cumans doing light cavalry+Kipchaks is weaker than Huns doing light cav+CA.
As far as Kipchak being a cav archer - Yes they are a CA but they can’t play the same role as CA for a civ like Huns because they still need castles for production and getting multiple castles takes time. Late castle age push is good with Kipchaks but in imp they tend to fall short because they lack bracer. They’re a good unit but not powerful enough to justify the investment into stone to make them. As a civ, Cumans are still okay but not a civ like Mongols or Chinese where their unique unit forms the best army composition. They’re a situational unit, so it might be good to give a small buff as the original post suggests.
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