Give me a break!!!!

[Carl]

This makes them even worse as they can break up your formation more that way, that kills far more than crazy stats/animations ever will.

[Stlaind]

Ah, ok nevermind then (I've never tested it myself)

[dopp]

It's not easy portraying their advantage of numbers. Armies are capped at 20 units, the logistics of supplying an army across the Atlantic is not a factor, plus players more or less know what to expect and will drop several full stacks of elite troops in the New World, so you get Old Worlders taking on Aztecs in roughly equal numbers rather than tiny mercenary expeditions vastly outnumbered by native warriors. My first Spanish expedition to the New World actually outnumbered the Aztec armies it faced, not including the 20 or so units of native warriors I hired on arrival and the constant stream of mounted and foot Conquistadores pouring out of the captured settlements. Besides which, having too many Aztecs on screen will hurt framerates.

[Carl]

Ah, ok nevermind then (I've never tested it myself)

I've never tested it to the degree you suggested but I have noticed 2HP units do better against pikes as those that make it through the first 2 rows of pikes survive longer.