Pharoah Guards with shield bonus?

**guineawolf** · 05-02-2007, 16:43

Does anyone noticed that Egyptian Pharoah Guards that without shield,have a 5 point of shield bonus?

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 05-02-2007, 16:47

Hi guineawolf,
I'm not too sure, yet I don't think I have ever seen that strange stat imbalance occur. Perhaps it was fixed in version 1.2 or above?

**Shieldmaiden** · 05-02-2007, 18:03

A lot of units don't match statistics and looks 100% in RTW.

I believe its because unit balancing and unit art get done by different Developers.

**guineawolf** · 05-03-2007, 06:12

but that pharoah guard just remind me of those mummy soldiers in "the mummy 2",still remember that they fighting them in double decker bas?

i think i miss something here,those mummy pharoah guards in the mummy 2 got shields like nile spearmen...

**Phoenix** · 05-03-2007, 11:11

In my game they don't so they probably got fixed in 1.5.

**mightilyoats** · 05-03-2007, 11:49

I got 1.5. And I find that they are very vulnerable to missiles.

Maybe it would be better for them to have the shield bonus, since they are quite expensive. And if I remember correctly, they take two turns to train. All this just to get mowed down by horse archers.

**guineawolf** · 05-03-2007, 14:12

even desert axemen is better than pharoah guards...

**Phoenix** · 05-03-2007, 14:55

I value the Pharaoh's Guards more than Desert Axemen when fighting armies that rely on heavy infantry like the Romans, barbarians, or Greeks...it's archer/HA-heavy armies that cause them trouble.