While I like the technology changes, I'm unsure about the cavalry template changes, since it's the exact opposite @ValihrAnt proposed in D2585. Maybe split this patch in two?
Also, svn mv speed_cavalry_01.json cavalry_movement_speed.json

Up without techs.

Thank you.
Did you consider giving all cavalry types different speeds? E.g. archer > javelineer > axeman > swordsman > spearman. And perhaps health in the opposite direction (i.e. faster units are killed quicker)?
That said, I have no strong opinions on this patch either way. Nonetheless, I think @ValihrAnt's opinion is important in this case, because of D2585, as mentioned earlier.

In D2955#129308, @Nescio wrote:

Up without techs.

Thank you.
Did you consider giving all cavalry types different speeds? E.g. archer > javelineer > axeman > swordsman > spearman. And perhaps health in the opposite direction (i.e. faster units are killed quicker)?
That said, I have no strong opinions on this patch either way. Nonetheless, I think @ValihrAnt's opinion is important in this case, because of D2585, as mentioned earlier.

Vali patch is outdated.
The speed of jave cavalry is the same as that of archers, the path does not change this.

Vali patch is outdated.
The speed of jave cavalry is the same as that of archers, the path does not change this.

That's exactly the problem. Why are the Ptolemies so strong? Because most civs don't have a counter to their cavalry archers in p1. What am I meant to do if I'm the Athenians, Gauls, Britons, Iberians, Seleucids or Spartans? I can't counter with javelin cavalry or any infantry due to hit and run. I can't counter with towers because the camel archers can either outrange them or take an alternate angle. The only chance for me to win in that matchup is hope the enemy makes a very big mistake either in their micro or macro.

Is this patch still relevant, now D3231/rP24435 has been committed?