Talk:Plumed Archer/@comment-73.48.156.54-20170226212859/@comment-27202541-20170317205709

Nerfing the Castle Age version sure, but giving them a buff of any kind is a terrible idea. There are tons of reasons why the Elite versions are OP compared to other foot archers AND cav archers. They have enough HP to survive a hit from Onagers, are nearly as fast as Cavalry Archers but also have as low frame delay as foot archers  and even have 5 range like arbs, t hey have a 5% faster attack rate than other archers (not that significant), they have 2 pierce armor, they are not classed as cavalry (so are not weak to pikes/camels), and they only cost 36 gold, which is less than the 45 gold of arbs and way less than cav archers' 60 gold cost. Their accuracy is also as good as foot archers.

The only disadvantage is that they are stuck with 5 base attack, but against infantry it's 7 for elite