the next patch is making a change.
specificly.....Ulfsarks, Hoplite, Murmillos and Spearman received damage bonus increase vs. Turma.(actually, i didn't know any of them did bonus damage in the first place)
i don't presume to know how much this bonus is. but i hope it was tested in the following situations.
Anti vs Eggy in Classic:
1: Anti builds Turma + CB(i don't see why Anti would build Katas in Classic vs Eggy, but they may build Murms). Eggy builds all Spears getting a few upgrades(say the medium up plus obviously a pierce armor up)along the way. the Spears do bonus damage vs both of Anti's units that in turn both do pierce damage.
2: Anti builds Murms in place of either the Turma or CB.
dosen't seem like much of a problem there either. Eggy need only add a few of their uber Axemen that will have the same pierce armor upgrade. plus the Spears and Axes have 40% hack armor. although i think this situation is better then the previous, i'd say Anti will come out lossing. as a note, i don't play Eggy but for all i know a Spear spam may work hear too.
Anti vs Greek in Classic:
this one is a little more compilcated as i believe Hops recieve no bonus damage vs CB. in this case Anti can contend by not Turma spamming.
1: Anti builds Turma + Kata. Greek spams Hops.
2: Anti builds Turma + Murma. a Hop spam might work here too.
3: Anti builds Turma + CB. this is gonna be wood intensive.
i have seen this done but how long can that be sustained. i'll bet Gaia will be able to though.
Anti is gonna have to go with either Kata + CB or Murma + CB vs Greek. so how cost effective are CB? i can imaging that even before the patch, one or both of those two combos would have been used and found to be effective or not. but i don't play either of those civs so perhaps someone else can comment on that.
Anti vs Norse:
1: Anti builds Turma + CB. LOL....GG NEWB! 30 RC win in a laughable way.
i'm not gonna go much deeper into Anti vs Norse. the situation pretty much remains the same for the Norse. there's no way you can sustain an RC + Ulf combo. we can only hope the nerf Kata and Turma recieved is enough to make RC + TA effective vs Turma + Kata/Murma. or that an Anti player is dumb enough to spam Turma.
it seems Eggy is in a very good position vs Anti. Ra revisited? Greeks may do well vs Oranos/Kronos. Rise of Gaia? well anyhow, just food for thought. i'm sure there's a ton of holes in the above. so comments are welcome.