I think the Sobor suggestion is quite good, and the Cossack quite solid as well. As for the legacy trait, I think the resource based bonus is good, but the war support one is a bit much. Per unit would make fighting war incredibly frustrating. While it would be historically accurate, I feel like the balance is off. Plus 1 war support per army might be a bit better! It'd still make Russia a tougher nut to crack, especially with later wars and bigger armies on the field, but not an impossible one.

Regardless, Russia still definitely needs another pass to be more balanced with other choices.

Arachnodork wrote:
As for the legacy trait, I think the resource based bonus is good, but the war support one is a bit much.

Interesting point of view, I didn't really think about the massive armies that players manage to create, especially in the last era of the game.
In order to solve this issue would you find reasonable just giving the Russian culture a little War Support bonus when attacking battle in your own territory?

Let me explain his idea with a tangible example: "Russian Empire is at war with an other cultures. If Russia engages an enemy in her own territory she will gain +5 War Support just for this action. In addition to this value, the War Support amount will variate depending on the result of the battle". Anyway, I would suggest to give the Russian culture a +5 bonus War Support not just against the enemy that Russia decided to attack, but against all the enemies that, at the given moment, are at war with Russia. Hopefully, this would nerf the previous ability while still making it relevant depending on the situation.

What's your opinion on this idea?

Arachnodork wrote:
Granted, it might not fit the retreat and attrition style of the Napoleonic conflicts, but this one is more engaging and so better suited to gameplay.

Otherwise, Russians might get no War Support penalty when retreating from a battle in her own borders (or maybe even obtain a little WS bonus)

A1y0sh4 wrote:
Upon conquering or claiming new territories you gain +10 Money per amount of Resources in the discovered Resource Depots present there

In order to avoid exploits, the Money bonus given from claiming territories should just be limited to 1 per territory (so that players don't ransack and rebuild their outposts in order to gain huge amounts of Money)