I must say the new costs seem rather better balanced... I have no problem with a race that get super units (giants do, after all, or Ulm) if the costs are balanced.
Regarding my concern about daimyo's stats, I didn't doubt that you arrived by them honstly, I ust feared they were too good for the price. I see you have adjusted the price up, which is good.
By the way, how well do they do against, say, Ulm's Black Lord ? He is still quite a bit more expensive, which is normal (lance, shield, better prot), So I hope he kicks their ***
I still have some concern regarding peasants. I am not saying their price doesn't reflect their value, because it does; but a 3 gold 1 ress unit could still lead to abuse, I fear. Even in an average castle, you could easily recruit 50 of them with that province's income. They'd make good units for a siege, perfect arrow fodder, they could easily soften the enemy quite a bit (by tiring his heavy infantry
). They would also make great AI deterrent (WOW, he's got HUGE armies, let's not attack). Perhaps they should leave after a fight like gladiators and your ronins ?