Attila 1st Impressions

[Hooahguy]

So after some testing it really does seem that archers do basically no damage against high armor units, even high level archers with heavy shot. For example I had two units of light archers and then two units of heavy archers against a charging unit of the WRE Palatina Guards which have 53 armor and are listed as very heavy infantry. Anyways, they took fewer than 10 casualties before my archers had to withdraw and my spearmen stepped in. And that was with the heavy archers with the heavy shot. The light archers did only about 5 casualties at most from the front. From the side they did much more damage, but thats expected. So basically archers attacking armored infantry with their shields raised is a no-go. And Palatina Guards arent even the best for this kind of stuff, Immortals have 73 armor and bigger shields so good luck hitting them with arrows from the front.

Also on a plus side, I am so happy to see pretty good unit collision now! Much less of an accordion effect. Units who are stationary and then hit by a charging enemy infantry unit keep their formation. If the charge mass is big enough they will be pushed back, but the back rows will hold firm and they wont seek out targets and break formation. I still need to test cavalry charges and collisions.