When you are flying the attack helicopter and you're being shot at by guns, you receive literally more flinch than if you were sniping and being shot at by the same guns. I just noticed this today, and thought I would share so you have an idea of just how poorly balanced this game is in it's current state.
The civ plays well into castle and early imperial, but after that it is terrible economically if the game goes for too long. The special market ability requires so much food and the food bonus you get from wood as the civ hardly covers it when you need it. Further reducing gold availability. The gold that you get from pilgrims is riskier than trade and doesn't pay out as well as real trade even when having it earlier on. If you choose an age 4 commandery that isn't for trade, then you just automatically have a bad economy if the game goes on for longer than it should. You shouldn't be forced to choose the trade commandery to predict longer games. If you choose a different commandery and the game somehow goes slightly longer, then you're just at a disadvantage. If the food bonus from wood was slightly better it could fix this issue with the market ability to make up for this. Or just give the civ trade like everyone else and/or still give it special traders from the commandery if you choose it.
I have around 1200 games or more with Knights Templar and have only played that since it's release, so I have a better feel and understanding of it's economy than anyone else most likely.