Ok... We have ever since the first reports of the game suspected that the shields are somehow more effective than their mere stats seem to indicate.
So I decided to test it out. By fluke I had noticed that the total armour (shield + armour) to the front of the Limitanei is 11 and Gallowglasses have 10 inherent armour. Very fitting I thought, so I modded the Gallows to have 11 armour to make it even.
Then I made a fight with Horde Horsemen (the same and weakest HA for all the hordes) with me as the infantry. I chose HA over infantry archers because they tend to keep their distance and actually use their arrows.
And since I have previously managed to rip a unit of Gallowglasses apart with a HA unit I chose to keep them in four ranks in Loose formation (same with Limitanei of course). I kept facing the HA at all times when near their range.
The results were staggering!
The Gallowglasses lost no less than 63 men, while the Limitanei lost 26. Thi also fits nicely with our observations of the arrows in the back and against unshielded men are quite effective.
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