SP, Skirmish and Captain should have separate stats and perks it seems from the beginnning.
I play mainly Captains Mode. Most annoying is how horses AI is bad.
Many complains about "rambo" style (1 horse in action, rest parked) get's justified. Good cav player can kill 2 units with 1 horse.
Players get upset that one player is playing for many minutes alone, while his cav is parked, cause AI useless.
Throwables are extremely useless making rush attack with 2-handed weapons viable, despite opponent is throwing axes/javs.
Imagine IRL getting an axe or javelin in the face while running.
Slow motion bug STILL UNFIXED making Formations obsolete (always getting slow motion after being killed).
Many units have now repetitive perks or classes obsolete.
If 2 units of Spear Infantry may get killed by solo playing 1 horse player something is obviously wrong with spear, not with the horse and getting head-neck damage removed in Captains Mode as well will just create silly situations.
3 cavs will make havoc to inf, will destroy them no matter the skills.
SHOW ME PLEASE real life situation where 20 Spear Infantry at the last flag cannot defend against 1 solo cav ramboing.
Remember that Skirmish is not the only mode where peoples play. Captains Mode is unique to M&B and most not playing Skirmish.
Also between September and January you just killed Captains Mode and many left the ship. Then it got better (at least playable again).
Not many mentions in upcoming patches to treat all players fairly enough.