Looks like game mode specific balancing is now on full effect. Good to hear!
I'm actually glad that butter knife was removed, so I won't curse when i actually spawn with it. Wasn't the strong point of the class and never was.I think this is mainly due to the removal of the Pugio but I think a decent amount of players can agree with me that people who play him only succeed in wasting a player slot rather than actually be anything useful.
If we are talking about siege/tdm, peasant classes are fine as they are. They are not supposed to to be specialized in anything and you have a benefit of getting more gold for kills for a cheap price and have full possibility to pick up any weapon from the ground. If somebody manages to perform significantly worse while playing peasant classes compared to other classes, I'd say it more of a "git gud" issue.I still stand by my statement that peasant units, even if they're to be weaker than other light infantry options, should still be a strong enough pick to give late joiners an enjoyable experience. Otherwise, you'll have to bring back the Menavlion Infantry's stats from before February 2021 to compensate for the unit now having a "ragequit if you die as this unit" downside.