Quote Originally Posted by Handel View Post
It was so in the prepatched game (talking about the castles of course).

Also I started wondering about the ranged attacks - do the defense value counts vs the ranged attacks or it is only the armor + the shield (if available and if in the right position)?
Range attacks only take into account the armor and shield (if struck from front on). Defense skill refers to melee combat. Ranged attacks that are good against armour only take into account half the overall armour and shield value.