new arabia: cav v late game arb civs

only 1200 elo, but it feels like with wood being so open /at the back, its quite easy to pressure arb civs off their wood/deny expansions, more so than old arabia? not saying its good or bad, just a perception? like once they've finished their initial bits of wood it feels easier to deny any more wood than that?

is this true? I main cav or infantry civs, so im more likely to be against arbs in the late game, but finding it so much easier keeping them off wood, if it even reaches that point.

and even from castle age it seems so much easier to push wood heavy builds off the trees?