The recent patch has a clear winner and loser.
The Goths reign supreme with their strengthened eco bonus and improvements to infantry units, making them a formidable force in the ladder.
Conversely, the Mayans see little benefit from the infantry buffs and may suffer from the eagle nerf.
Furthermore, LS units are now a more effective counter against eagles.
Totally not biased opinion but in a world where almost every civ is getting some sort of eco bonus Magyars look weaker then ever and they never were strong to begin with.
They could use some sort of midgame boost, similar to Lithuanians.
But ultimate looser are Persians, no doubt about it.
They are bad and boring and they literally got NOTHING, not even an UT change (~~all other~~ some other UU – specific UTs got reworked)
Edit: also don’t forget pikeman upgrade was made more expensive and it hurts both of these civs
Franks, Hindustanis (for not getting nerfed) and Goths among biggest winners.
Koreans lose again.
Incas imo might become relevant again, Vikings too.
Not sure what this brings for Malay.
Japanese didn’t get the worst buffs and Dravidians might do some Hoanging now?
None of the civs I play really got touched, I wish Mames got a bonus vs camels though.
Biggest loser Burgundians by far, the button is now useless.
Gurjaras got their stupid OP unit nerfed a bit more which is great.
Britons got nerfed for team games I guess.
Yes but goths don’t get the new gamebson upgrade
Biggest looser vietnamese and koreans and .
They needed some big buffs but didn’t get enough to be more competitive
LS?
LS?
You meant Lsd?
No Tatars change makes me sad
Frank nerf is really an arlésienne at this point.
There’s gonna be a lot of boring LSM mass all ins with these changes.
If so, I wouldn’t be surprised if they bumped Gambeson up to Imperial Age.
While it was already maybe the most one-sided matchup in the whole game, having Mayans against Goths will now be basically unplayable.
I really don’t see what Mayans can do other than “win fast”.
Vikings : winners.
Espanish: Losers
Somewhat off-topic, but why is everybody calling it a “PUP” instead of a patch now?
What’s the new string goth eco bonus?