Armour, Archers and Defense

[sharpshooter]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation Puzz.

A quick question about PROJECTILES while I'm absorbing this - in column B (Excel) it shows only shortbow - but nothing about Desert Archers, Turcoman Foot, Genoese Sailors etc. Where is this info?

It would be interesting to see a table comparing the different types ... unless they're all the same? Surely not.

Also quickly - about Valour. I understand it has a very small effect on projectiles - do we know exactly what?

Does it affect melee for missile troops?

[Puzz3D]

A quick question about PROJECTILES while I'm absorbing this - in column B (Excel) it shows only shortbow - but nothing about Desert Archers, Turcoman Foot, Genoese Sailors etc. Where is this info?

Column 25 in the CRUSADERS_UNIT_PROD11.TXT

It would be interesting to see a table comparing the different types ... unless they're all the same? Surely not.

All the foot archers have the same projectile stats (SBOW) except for the longbow (LONG), and all the mounted archers have the same projectile stats (MTLG).

Also quickly - about Valour. I understand it has a very small effect on projectiles - do we know exactly what?

Valor is supposed to improve accuracy, but the effect is so small it's not noticable.

Does it affect melee for missile troops?

+1 valor adds +1 attack and +1 defense to missle units and to melee units.

Thanks for the in depth info, one question though, you say that armor peircing only affects melee combat, but I though there were two types.

The armor piercing feature is used for melee combat. The armor modifier is for projectiles. They work the way you've indicated.