Something similar happens in the Battania tree. The tier 5 'Mounted Skirmisher' unit has lower throwing skill than it's T4 predecessor. It also has somewhat worse gear than the T4 Veteran Skirmisher (horse and hooked javelins excluded). When compared to other tier 5 cavalry, the Battanian Mounted Skirmisher is simply outmatched (they don't even have polearms!).
I think this unit should probably be T4 rather than T5. It would be great to see them changed to T4 so they can be used as a light javelin cavalry unit. Currently I think that upgrading their equipment and skills to match their T5 status would probably make the Battania tree a bit too powerful, as they already have a heavy cavalry option.
Most of my 2000+ hours of Warband play has been dedicated to playing the Picts in Viking Conquest. The Picts (Alban) faction in Viking Conquest was clearly a template for Battania in Bannerlord - 'Pictish Elite Skirmishers' are Viking Conquest's equivalent to the 'Battanian Fian Champion' (both claim the no.1 ranged unit top spot), and the skirmisher javelin shenanigans that I spent so much time mastering in Pictland work perfectly well when playing as Battania. The only thing that's not made it to Battania however, is the fine art of Pictish Javelin Cavalry management. The 'Pictish Horseman' in Viking Conquest resembles the 'Battanian Mounted Skirmisher' - barely any armour (sometimes none!), a solid horse, and most importantly, an arm like a ******* cannon. The 'high risk high reward' tactics of live fast die young javelin cavalry should be something any credible Battania player instantly identifies with, but with Battanian Mounted Skirmishers being T5, the barrier for entry to the insane world of semi-clad, spear chucking, mounted lunatics galloping head first into drive-by suicide missions is just too high.
I'm over the moon that Battania exists as a faction, and that its taken so much of its inspiration from the Picts in Viking Conquest. It's been executed spectacularly, (in particular in its Aesthetics and Historicism - your many historical nudges have neither gone unnoticed nor unappreciated!) and the faction's troop tree plays just as it should do. However, if the mounted skirmisher could be ever so slightly tweaked to T4 so players arn't quite so precious about sending them to their doom (or glory!), your outstanding work could be just that little bit better.
