Quote Originally Posted by hrvojej
I agree, it takes away too much from tactics. I am well into my campaign with skill-fixed shields, and so far things are looking good.
I imagine skill-fixed shields work fine for the human, but in terms of the AI I think it would have drastic effects on army composition and auto calc. In fact this option ONLY seems to benefit the human!

The armour-fixed option seems to the only real workaround to maintain a competitive and fair level of play, especially given the AI will never take advantage of enfilade fire.