Quote Originally Posted by Pode
Changes to original RTW from patch 1.3 (bundled with BI) that
-shields seem to be more powerful than their numerical rating would indicate, as archery doesn't seem to be as devastating anymore.
I've been playing around with this & the shields do indeed seem more effective, but only head on, try getting your archers to the side they seem slightly more effective; also using cav. to draw units away from archers & the arrows cause serious hurt when fired into the backs of spearmen. V.cool improvement