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[QwertyMIDX]

The current system is tremendously unfair towards units that have no armor, and rely solely on a shield for protection. In reality, the large shields that barbarians carried would have afforded excellent protection against missile attacks - but the way it's currently modelled, they're not getting it.

This isn't quite true, light armored troops get bonuses, and barbarians get special bonuses as well to make up for the fact they don't wear much armor but should be rather tougher than the system implies.

Currently, the armor values for an early Hastati are 7,9,3.

That means that the large shield that he's carrying (which reaches from his chin to below his knees) is only offering him a measly 3 points of protection. Whereas the little 10" metal square that he wears on the front of his chest provides him with 7 points of protection - not just from the front, mind you - but from the rear, and both flanks too! How do you figure that is realistic?

He gets most of his armor from his greaves and helmet, not this pectoral.

4 from the helmet, 2 from the greaves, 1 from the pectoral.

By contrast, a celtic clyddabre has a defense of 1,9,1. So, even though the celt carries a good sized shield, the hastati has FIVE TIMES better protection against missiles when attacked from the front, (10 vs. 2), and SEVEN TIMES better protection from the rear (7 vs. 1).

How do you figure that is historically accurate?

The Clyddabre is supposed to be extremely vulnerable at range as per Ranika's direction (and the unit description), looks like I did a good job eh? They do seem to have a sheild value lower than what is dictated by the system, I will have to check and see if they were tweaked intentionally.