Talk:Saracens/@comment-72.130.209.167-20170224051647/@comment-72.130.209.167-20170318062012

I never meant that I thought it was an oversight. I'm pretty sure the developers tagged them with those armor classes for balancing reasons of the time. I think those reasons are antiquated, however. The Saracens have received the fewest balance changes of all the old civs, and I think if the developers really are trying to get rid of the idea of "power civs" and add more diversity of strategies to the game like they say they are, then civs like the Saracens and Teutons need a little help. Sure, you could just nerf the Mayans like they did the Huns, but I think most people like buffs to the non-power civs more. The Saracens, in particular, have things about them that just scream antiquated and backwards in the current meta to me. Getting rid of or adjusting the transport bonus, making smart but balanced changes to their building attack bonuses, and adjusting the armor classes of the Mameluke are where I'd personally make those adjustments. The Mameluke's building attack would be on par with a Paladins if they benefitted from that attack bonus which isn't that OP when you consider how much you have to invest in them. I think it'd be a fair balance change not an OP one.