Since I heard there was going to be a new patch I thought I would list the changes that are needed in my opinion. Some prices may be a little off since I don't have access to the game right now to check. I divided them into three categories based on how controversial I think each idea is likely to be, I don't think anything suggested here is any more controversial than anything that was done last patch though.
Safe Changes
This is stuff that I don't think will be controversial.
Rhodoks - BUFF - Reduce Dart/War Dart price by 50% to match swadians, no one will buy war darts for 250g when javs are 300g. At 77g darts are worth getting for the ability to slow and disrupt other players.
Swadians - NERF - Increase price of brigandine to 1600 at least, it's too cheap and swadians already have a very cheap heavy armour. You can get it second round currently without kills.
Swadians - BUFF - Change swadian cav weapon skill stats from "wp_melee(110)" to "wpe(110,90,60,110)", it's just silly that they can buy darts and have 2 power throw but have no throwing skill or anything and every other class in the game has at least some crossbow skill.
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Less Safe Changes
This is stuff that is probably controversial to varying degrees.
Vaegirs - BUFF - Return scimitar to archers, make it cost the same as for infantry (210g)
Vaegirs - BUFF - Give archers power strike 1
Vaegirs - NERF - Increase price of steppe war horse to 1600g
Swadians - NERF - Remove price reductions to boots
Sarranids - BUFF - Reduce price of desert horse to 400
Sarranids - BUFF - Reduce price of sarranid horse to 500
Sarranids - BUFF - Increase cavalry athletics to 3
Sarranids - BUFF - Increase archer power strike to 1
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Unsafe Changes
This is stuff that is definitely controversial but I think may make the game more interesting overall.
Nords - BUFF - Give a new light armour to nord cavalry, should cost enough so that you can get courser + light lance + light armour but not hunter + light lance + light armour, this will allow nord cav to actually perform as cav with some armour for the cost of reducing the horse, currently you can only do that if you get a saddle horse which is impractical for acting as cavalry.
Sarranids - BUFF - Increase archer riding skill to 2 (honestly think it was nice when they could ride desert horses in 1157 patch, meant they had something else apart from being just worse vaegirs)
Vaegirs - NERF - Swap free scimitar for free mace
Vaegirs - NERF - Increase price of hunter to 950
Rhodoks - BUFF - Give xbows a high cost mail armour, they're the only class in multiplayer which has no heavy armour and their stats aren't that great either.
Safe Changes
This is stuff that I don't think will be controversial.
Rhodoks - BUFF - Reduce Dart/War Dart price by 50% to match swadians, no one will buy war darts for 250g when javs are 300g. At 77g darts are worth getting for the ability to slow and disrupt other players.
Swadians - NERF - Increase price of brigandine to 1600 at least, it's too cheap and swadians already have a very cheap heavy armour. You can get it second round currently without kills.
Swadians - BUFF - Change swadian cav weapon skill stats from "wp_melee(110)" to "wpe(110,90,60,110)", it's just silly that they can buy darts and have 2 power throw but have no throwing skill or anything and every other class in the game has at least some crossbow skill.
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Less Safe Changes
This is stuff that is probably controversial to varying degrees.
Vaegirs - BUFF - Return scimitar to archers, make it cost the same as for infantry (210g)
Vaegirs - BUFF - Give archers power strike 1
Vaegirs - NERF - Increase price of steppe war horse to 1600g
Swadians - NERF - Remove price reductions to boots
Sarranids - BUFF - Reduce price of desert horse to 400
Sarranids - BUFF - Reduce price of sarranid horse to 500
Sarranids - BUFF - Increase cavalry athletics to 3
Sarranids - BUFF - Increase archer power strike to 1
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Unsafe Changes
This is stuff that is definitely controversial but I think may make the game more interesting overall.
Nords - BUFF - Give a new light armour to nord cavalry, should cost enough so that you can get courser + light lance + light armour but not hunter + light lance + light armour, this will allow nord cav to actually perform as cav with some armour for the cost of reducing the horse, currently you can only do that if you get a saddle horse which is impractical for acting as cavalry.
Sarranids - BUFF - Increase archer riding skill to 2 (honestly think it was nice when they could ride desert horses in 1157 patch, meant they had something else apart from being just worse vaegirs)
Vaegirs - NERF - Swap free scimitar for free mace
Vaegirs - NERF - Increase price of hunter to 950
Rhodoks - BUFF - Give xbows a high cost mail armour, they're the only class in multiplayer which has no heavy armour and their stats aren't that great either.