Talk:Britons/@comment-5814271-20160520022848/@comment-405747-20161105002002

@Lord Vipertooth In comparison to Celtic Paladins and Briton's Cavaliers, there is actually a large statistical difference between a Celtic Paladin and a Briton's Cavalier even if you factor Plate Barding Armor with the Britons. A FU Celtic Paladin will have 160 HP, 18 attack, 4/5 armor, while a Briton's Cavalier will have 120 HP, 16 attack, and 5/6 armor. The Celtic Paladin have +40 more HP, +2 more attack, and -1/-1 armor than a Briton's Cavalier, which makes Celtic Paladins better than Briton's Cavalier since they deal more damage and are far more tankier in HP than a Briton's Cavalier.

Of course, despite the Briton's having use cavalry in the past, they don't have a tradition in horseback, unlike civilizations such as Berbers, Turks, Magyars, Franks, Tibetans, Japanese, Persians, and Mongols. Britons and Celts not getting Bloodlines (as well as Britons not getting Paladins) is more for gameplay balance since their biggest strength is their foot archers and having a clear weakness of having a weak cavalry that can be easily exploited on. Besides, you're not supposed to build cavalry with either the Britons or the Celts since you need to play to their lategame strengths (archer, onagers, and trebs with Halberdier as your frontline support for Britons; infantry and siege weapons for the Celts) and understand their weakness as a civilization (Britons are heavily punished by civilizations with strong cavalry such as the Huns, Persians, and Mongols and Goth Huskarls; while Celts are easily countered by civilizations with a mix of strong cavalry, cavalry archers, and powerful siege weapons like the Mongols).