Are the Aztecs more armoured than the Apache?

[Guru]

That's good to know. So many units have decent shields that should give at least a 3 if not a 5 to defence.

How did you find out? Has someone done tests?

There was a thread or two when Kingdoms came out. Can't remember the details but the outcome was that the unit cards did not show right numbers for shields. According to the unit cards, some units that clearly carried shields had 0 as shield defence, and the other way around, some units without a shield had for example 6 shield defence in the card. Didn't find the thread by a quick search though. I think someone did tests and the shields were confirmed to be working properly, maybe there was a word from CA... Can't really remember but it must have been reliable information because I was convienced.
- Guru

[Shaka_Khan]

Thanks all. I have no one else to attack except for the Aztecs. I just need 3 more provinces and I'm done.

I already have a lot of cavalry but most of them are far away. I deployed them to attack Aztec provinces. Then the Aztecs attacked first. I'm recruiting as many cavalry as much as possible and already doing what Kommadus said. But in the meantime, they'll be too far away to save my fortress. There's just too many Aztecs.

Thanks Ataribaby. (Are you the 80s generation)? I'll try your formation. I usually place my braves at the front too. They're good at beating enemies who get close, sometimes even before the enemy could even reach them.

[Cadwallon]

As someone else said, expect your apachean to die like flies in HTH combat. I found the europeans fairly easy with their small elite forces, but the mesoamericans with their masses of heavy infantry and high attacks were a problem. You only balance this by obtaining thunder braves/mounted thunder braves.