That range defense is so important. If you're playing against English against a lot of longbows, you almost just leave that on 90% of the time. Like I'd I'd be the default for me and I'd be looking to swap over at other ones at opportune times. Otherwise, just leave it toggled on the range defense.

I think English long-term does want to beat Ottomans to castle age if they can.

It's hard to get good raiding value in the English just because of the town center right there doing an extra arrow shot every time.

The Sipahi are just such a big meat shield. Perfectly capable of soaking up AoE damage for the Janissaries and at the same time trading out really damn well up against the men at arms.

Wynguard Footmen are really good against Ottomans because of the bonus damage against great bombards.