Hi Aulus Caecina Severus, these are very interesting results of the test of yours, thanks for trying this out.
However, I have a question - how did it happened that the increased recovery rate impleded your expansion so much? I have presumed that battle surgery affects only the victor of a battle and therefore if you would keep on winning, you will be the one who profits from this change (i.e. AI army would by crushed as usual, whereas your army will recover to almost full-strenth). Or is my reasoning wrong?
Could you please elaborate a little bit on your observation how and in what ways this modification affects the gameplay?

Thank you once more, respectfully

V.T.Marvin