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Would a 3 movement cavalry unit be too much for the medieval era?
Would a 3 movement cavalry unit be too much for the medieval era?

I'm thinking of adding a light calvary and/or heavy horse archer to the medieval unit roster. It would probably have 8 strength to the Knight's 10.

There are no other land units with more than 2 movement except for the gunship with 4 movement. So is 3 too much for this stage of the game? A potential alternative could be ignore terrain movement cost.

Bonus question: Instead of speed this alternative cavalry unit could be a medieval evolution of the role the chariot played in classical warfare. The exact analogy would be 100% attack on Macemen, but do Macemen really need a mounted counter?


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There's a non zero percent chance that someone who first played base Civ 4 is still playing beyond to sword to this day and it bothers me a little.
There's a non zero percent chance that someone who first played base Civ 4 is still playing beyond to sword to this day and it bothers me a little.
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