Some queries regarding EB's units...

[vartan]

To answer your question with a short sentence: balancing the units was more important than giving armour values by skins. I agree this unit stat modding policy of EB team.

Can you translate that into everyday American English please? As far as I know, the EB team uses the WYSWIG system where they give each type of armour a certain value (albeit rarely inconsistently ). What does 'giving armour values by skins' mean?

[Apázlinemjó]

Can you translate that into everyday American English please? As far as I know, the EB team uses the WYSWIG system where they give each type of armour a certain value (albeit rarely inconsistently ). What does 'giving armour values by skins' mean?

I thought they gave certain values, but they "overwrote" that because of unit balancing.

[vartan]

I thought they gave certain values, but they "overwrote" that because of unit balancing.

Sure. Why not?

EDIT: Didn't you read what I wrote? At times, inconsistently.

[Ludens]

I thought they gave certain values, but they "overwrote" that because of unit balancing.

There are a few balancing adjustments to my knowledge (barbarian units get +1 armour, phalangites get reduced armour and increased shield), but beyond that armour and shield stats are consistently based on equipment. In this particular case: the EB team considers linothorax to be almost as good chainmail, and the standard hoplite wears leather or a linothorax reinforced with metal plates.