Some questions about game mechanics...

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Hi all... I have an incurable illness: modifying EB edu!
So wandering through unit stats I have encountered some things I don't understand, and want to ask about...
No criticism/bashing here, only curiosity..

1. Why cavalry unit size is the same for all units? I think katas are overpowered a bit IMHO, I reduced grivpanvar unit size to 10 and I still can vanquish scordiscii easily.. (custom battle test)

2. Why slashing longswords are more lethal than thrusting weapons? Shouldn'be the opposite? I remember legionaries stab their enemies because they could easily reach vital organs and they mocked their gallic foes because their blows were spectacular but less effective and more "exposing"

3. Why the attack of the spears is higher than the attach of the swords? A balanced sword less than one mt. long shouldn' be more "handy" than a 2-6 mt. piece of wood? I know the issues of the "spear" attribute, but the "light_spear" one that you use now lowers only the defense, not the attack, according to the EDU Guide, so.. I'm a bit confused..

4. Why did you give the AP attribute to nearly all spear-armed cavalry units? I knew only contus could pierce armors in charge, maybe I'm wrong, what do you think? It's something about game balance?

5. Onestly, I don't think levy slinger should be so strong.. in my EDU I left the AP attribute only to professional slingers like balearic and rhodians, raising a bit the attack of the others: what do you think about that?

6. Broken Crescent, a M2TW mod about medieval middle-east, features 2 different types of horse-archers: close range-high attack (the ones who fight forming a shooting-circle) and long range-low attack (the armored ones who shoot standing still). Do you think this system can work well in EB?

Finally, this is not about EB but a more generic question: the "spear"/"light_spear" attributes work on cavalry weapons?

Many thanks in advance and sorry for: bad english, lenght of the post, annoying attitude.. quite a lot of things