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Lots of players' early war strategy now revolves around the composite bow, it would only be good if for some civs this would be different due to a good unique unit.
I still have to see the Kris break the mould. There's always the downside that you need iron. The common swordsman is not a very powerful unit; swordsman rushes are almost not happening anymore.
If a civilization were to get a composite bow replacement, then any sort of bonus for this unit would make it an over the top unit. The same concern isn't there for the swordsman. A replacement for that needs to be damn good to make it merely useful.
I agree with what Crafty Bison said there about swordsmen being tricky to use, and any known promotions for the Kris will not easily take that away.
I still have to see the Kris break the mould. There's always the downside that you need iron. The common swordsman is not a very powerful unit; swordsman rushes are almost not happening anymore.
If a civilization were to get a composite bow replacement, then any sort of bonus for this unit would make it an over the top unit. The same concern isn't there for the swordsman. A replacement for that needs to be damn good to make it merely useful.
I agree with what Crafty Bison said there about swordsmen being tricky to use, and any known promotions for the Kris will not easily take that away.