- I know people had bad experiences with dismount before but we come up with a proper system that doesn't feel like it randomly happens, have rules, resistances and already working mechanic. So please test it out first, maybe you'll like it in the end.
- Knockdowns and knockbacks for horse charges are up and running already, we didn't change how they work. Also knockdowns don't really happening all the time, even if you get enough damage from a horse, the horse should facing you in a required angle, also had enough speed etc. to actually make a successfull knockdown. In the end, this is really a minor change when it comes to in-game balances.
- Matchmaking fixing is not a balance change. This is a balance thread. As far as i know there are improvements on that, but you can find detailed info on the patch notes on Steam.
- I have no idea what do you mean by cursed. If you are indicating that throwing axes functioning bad, i think it should be correct to buff them? If not, there were lot of feedbacks towards throwing axes have really bad accuracy and cannot be used as they are intented. So with these changes ( + their speed bonus ) you'll get proper damages, a working accuracy and also feel more " natural " with the related animations.
- Again, i have no idea how did you decided these changes will decrease the fighting speed in anyways without testing them