I have just started playing RTR and I am amazed. I will never again play regular RTW.

But I have run into something I find a little odd...the melee attacks of missile units seem way too high. I charged a unit of slingers with my principes and lost about a 3rd of the unit. The princs we not engaged by any other units and were not under missle fire (no arrow icons). Similar events happened a number of times later.

Is this intended?