I'm surprised about how often I've saw mongol SL in KOD, specially considering that in most cases, the player using them, won
At the same time, in imperial age, they stop being viable due to mongols lacking last armor upgrade, but that's not the point. The point is:
Are SL an option by themselves, different from knights and light cav?
The games I've seen might suggest that's the case: SL are a way to have heavy Cavalry in the field way before you would have knights (and with less eco too). Also, they manage to break palisades better, thanks to their 1 range making them more suitable for snipping vills that try to re wall
It's true that both tartars and cumans SL are much weaker that Mongols SL in castle age, but maybe civ bonuses should be giving to these civs, insted of buffing the general unit?
I. E. tartars SL have +1 melee armor, and cumans have +1 attack? Something to make them viable for those civs as well, because, it's seems that pros are choosing SL over Knights when playing mongols, and that could be the case for both cumans and tatars as well, if they get an small buff
What your opinion?
At the same time, in imperial age, they stop being viable due to mongols lacking last armor upgrade, but that's not the point. The point is:
Are SL an option by themselves, different from knights and light cav?
The games I've seen might suggest that's the case: SL are a way to have heavy Cavalry in the field way before you would have knights (and with less eco too). Also, they manage to break palisades better, thanks to their 1 range making them more suitable for snipping vills that try to re wall
It's true that both tartars and cumans SL are much weaker that Mongols SL in castle age, but maybe civ bonuses should be giving to these civs, insted of buffing the general unit?
I. E. tartars SL have +1 melee armor, and cumans have +1 attack? Something to make them viable for those civs as well, because, it's seems that pros are choosing SL over Knights when playing mongols, and that could be the case for both cumans and tatars as well, if they get an small buff
What your opinion?