Talk:Throwing Axeman (Age of Empires II)/@comment-2409:4071:2293:314E:6DD8:F34F:C545:F937-20180816125903/@comment-27274076-20180829185924

It is not a bug, Ballistics was never meant to affect TAs but pierce units attacking with arrows or spears. I must admit, though, that the is somewhat misleading. This does not make the Franks any weaker. They still have the strongest Paladin (keep in mind only four (!) civilizations have fully upgradable ones) and TAs. By the way, TAs make short work of Pikemen. Can help. Arson, in any case, does not make TAs weaker in my opinion, as they also benefit from that technology. You talk of weak civilizations.. I don't like that at all, every civilizations has its strengths and weaknesses and some certainly are more popular than others, but the way I see it the developers really make an effort to keep the whole thing in balance; they constantly work on patches and every patch brings balance changes.