Armour Values

[athanaric]

I find that the EB armour system has some serious flaws, but it does balance out the game pretty well. One of the biggies to me is the apparent OP of helmets - a cheeked helmet gives +4 armour (compare bataroas with botroas).

OTOH, I've always interpreted it as if those Barbarian swordsmen (Bataroas, Xerunoudozez, Milnaht) occasionally had some irregular armour besides their helmet, upping their armour to 5 (helmet+basic clothing+factor x).

I also don't get the Principes - Cohors difference.

Maybe the Cohors Reformata's value should be upped to 11? That way, they would almost be on par with Solduros (12). I say almost because I assume that Solduros, being genuine elite troops, would be more likely to get top notch equipment than legionaries.

How to explain that Bataroas take a lot more casualties when you bombard them with javelins than Hastati, who take basically no?

Shield ratings count twice against missiles. This means that any unit with a shield value of 4 has a pretty decent anti-missile defence from the front.

Why Goldberi Curoas have 1 more point of armor than Bataroas?

That makes them more interesting to hire (they are also slightly more expensive, accordingly). Likewise the Cretan Archers.