you benefited dude, if you didnt benefit youldnt look at it like that, anyways who cares, little by little.........
I didn't benefit. Firstly I lost 32 trebs and only got half resources back (pop was killed since it was in province with max pop). Secondly credits for army don't give me back resources I lost for disbanding because from my point of view - because Forum Stuff gets credits either way.
The only way I benefited is the way all Nomads do (because I am Nomad) - now Imperians will have to wait longer for elite troops which makes me as a Nomad - longer stronger. So in this way - Yes - I benefited. But around 60% of other players who play Nomads benefited as well...
In comparison to You I can judge changes from the balance of the game and increasing the level of centralisation for elite troops made it possible to avoid fast switch to elite troops by Imperians and overpowering Nomads even before the middle of the era.
So from my perspective this change improved balance of the game
But how this all rules will influence Nomads-Imperians balance only future will tell...