Yes, I would rather the Ascian have 4 movement, lose it's lightning teleport attack and replace it with a normal range 1 lightning attack.

Agree, any unit that can't eventually get at least 3 movement will get parked by me.   I'll suffer the slow jug armies @ 3 moves with frenzy just because they're that awesome.   They can then get to 4 with tireless march.

Ascian COULD be an awesome unit, but I usually regulate it to the stack that just needs a hug.. hero to claim loot.

I just got Mausolos  for the first time last night too.  Cool unit.  2 moves.  Yuck.      In this game I got him early enough that I just barely started moving to mounted troops... so he'll be useful for 10-20 turns till all my stacks are mounted.

I agree - which is a huge sway in favor of the player.

Subjectively I can't stand the idea of an entire turn only going 1 tile (i.e. stuck in a swamp).   I've played a single game without master scouts and doubt I will again after like 400 hrs.  

I would be fine removing mounted additional movement from the game if EVERY unit had a base move of 4 - but that trivializes terrain for players that can deal with it.     

With a move of 4 - you can usually end up in combat every turn or a quest or at least make significant progress towards your goal.  With a move of 2, life is painfully slow. 

Unfortunately, the AI is generally limited to a move of 2 - so that's a HUGE player advantage in clearing, leveling, exploring, free loot.

I think I'll create a spell - forced march, enchantment - 30 mana, 2 maintenance, +2 moves, -20% hitpoints.  Then I can get my key units with me, but pay a price for it.   Now all I have to do is figure out how to mod a spell...

That would make him faster than a wolf in combat!

Heck, then Ascian would be as fast as a warg-mounted unit with Charge! Seems a bit excessive to me.

However, being an ancient panther assassin, it wouldn't be too hard to believe...