>>2113387
Thats not the only stat that changes on level up, and the smaller the gap between best and worst, the more important actual strategy is. Well, each game has their cracked units, but the smaller the gap thr more useful non-cracked units are. This means combined/supporting arms strategies are a lot more fun since using them doesnt put you in as much of a disadvantage as it would in a game like M&B where using anything but your culture's specialty is kind of a waste. There you can just focus on huscarls, or rhodonk sharpshooters, or those swadian cav guys that are still god amognst men whole dismounted.
In a game like shogun 2, if you choose the Date and go full no dachi(which is all hammer and no anvil) youre gonna have a bad time. The "gay" level ups mean you have to still strategerize after leveling up. Levwling up just open a unit up to more strateric possibilities. You still have to employ the same tactics, but now that you left flank is sloghtly stronger than it was, you might be able to get away with a strategy that would have been riskier before hand.

tl;dr: yari wall is aight, but the real magic happens when its probably supported by other dudes.