I recently saw that the Carthaginian Noble Cavalry are going to be removed. This makes sense, and it frees up a unit slot to use elsewhere. I also noticed that the Libyan cavalry is getting armor. I also think I saw somewhere that the Liby phoenician cavalry are getting an additional armor point.
Some Questions:
What is being changed about the Libyan cavalry (morale, armor, total defense, recruitment, etc.)? It looks like they are getting more armor, but do things like morale and recruitment change?
Is the Sacred Band being kept? Some people have suggested that since it wasn't used since 310 BCE, around 40 years before the start time. Personally I think it should be kept, but I'd like to know if there are any thoughts from the dev team on it.
Are the reformed Iberian Panoply units going to get a change in look or stats in the next update?
Will units like the Cisalpine swordsmen recruitable through local military colonization?
Are there any plans in changing any Carthaginian mechanics like the Barcid trait or reforms? I've had a few games where I couldn't find a Barcid to fulfill the reform requirements.
Some suggestions:
The Libyan professional spearmen should probably have a higher armor value. They only have 5, while the entire unit is armored in helmets and linen cuirasses.
The Phoenician militia unit is probably the best militia unit in the game. The issue is that with regular Libyan infantry, one of my favorite units, I never have needed the militia for anything. In pitched battles this makes sense, but in garrisons the Libyans also get free upkeep. This makes the phoenician citizens kind of useless for garrisons. A suggestion would be that the Libyan infantry should have the free upkeep in garrisons removed since it is already one of the most cost effective units in the game. They also suffer from a small range. Only one can be recruited at a time in each of the three main Phoenician settlements no matter what government you have. The number should probably be increased. In addition, perhaps other settlements like the other Phoenician colonies (Lapqi, Nurri, Lilubim, Gader, and Qart-Hadast in Spain) could have one of them recruitable.