Talk:Byzantines/@comment-37.6.1.73-20170121162604/@comment-76.77.161.35-20170207160034

I don't think that it's as much "their cavalry isn't good enough to classify" as it is 'they have so many more defense-oriented bonuses that they couldn't be anything else". Sure, their cavalry is.. decent, but look at their bonuses- cheaper counter units for dealing with almost every enemy type (defensive); all armor techs and archer techs to keep units alive and deal more damage to attackers with towers (defensive offense); a unique unit that has a bonus against its counters not to mention massive melee armor (defensive); better fire ships which count as a counter to galleys not to mention a tech that lets them reach the attack range faster (defensive offense); hard to destroy defensive structures (castles, walls and towers) that make it very easy to turtle up (defensive); They are more than qualified for almost everything- infantry, cavalry, archers, towers, gunpowder- but the fact that all of their bonuses are geared entirely towards stopping attacks instead of dealing them out, it makes sense.