Steppe Heavies are mediocre? When playing as Volga Bulgars i always consider them as the very best unit. They are relatively low tech, and it is easy to get them a valor bonus by building a Master Horse Breeder, and being both missile and hand to hand troops they valor up quite quickly. Bulagarian Royal Cavalry (the princes retinue) oTH are not that great and hideously expensive to maintain.
In just about everything else i completely agree with you, what an exccellent early period faction.
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