I physically cannot take the Legionary armor and an Imperial Polearm for example, but the Palatine guard can. I cannot be in heavy armor as a Varyag and carry the Long Two Handed Axe.
Snow balling is addressed in so many games in so many different ways so I don't really see it as an argument.
CSGO would be plagued with snowballing if it wasn't for the way the 'Loser Economy' works. In CSGO if a team begins to lose they are allocated a sum of money representative of how many rounds they've lost in a row. If you lose 2 rounds in a row, you gain more money than you would losing one round after a streak. If you lose 4 rounds in a row you gain a lot more money, making it applicable to buy back after a few rounds of torment from the enemies who bested you on a critical round prior in the game. Now that you've accumulated money through losing a bit, you can make your attempt on equal grounds to take control of the game. This is where skill comes into play.
If Bannerlord is going for skill based competitive instead of Warband's style, they've already started off on the wrong foot on multiple fronts. The game's factions just aren't balanced properly. They also balance a mode where you have multiple of the same unit the same way they balance 6v6 multiplayer. This does not work.
If they swapped it back to Warband's system not only would you see multiplayer players flourish with excitement but I'd be able to take whatever I wanted in whatever combination once I earn that gold amount. It's not about how I'd play different, frankly I don't even want to play Bannerlord MP because I've already had my taste of the beta extensively. It lacks depth, customization, and fun.
It's not even just about me in a Battle server. I want my community to be able to dress our guys how we want them to dress, use the gear loadouts we see as the most viable for a given situation, Bannerlord does not allow that.
