IMO, VC is balanced enough by default. The only drawback was in frizian troops line (of which I posted before). Other than that everything looks reasonable. Bows should be weak because the time of mighty english bowmen will come at least 200 years after. As for top tier angles vs saxons - here is the balance: angles have more skill but a bit cheaper swords, saxon- less skill but better weapons. Actually in terms of skill this looks doubtful because both angles and saxons by that time were in fact one group of people, with same military organization, divided mostly politically. But one thing is for sure, Wessex was rich and politically stable while Mercia, East Anglia and Nortumbria were not... thats why the danes devastated their lands at first. Therefor the warriors of Wessex could be better equipped. Yes Orm’s lorica is the best armor in game, but personally it never made me a tank in battle as 3-4 spear thrusts, 2-3 hits with sword or axe by top tier troops usually take 75-80% of HP. When fighting in shield wall you cannot be secured from strikes coming from several enemies at once, so not OP armor for sure. Generally no armor is OP in VC.