[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:

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Originally posted by apoger:
>I've forgotten "Mass Protection".


I find it's only really useful when you have a mass of very low protection troops (like maenads). If your army already has good armor the boost is almost nothing.

Ummm... you've tested this? If you have prot-13 HI, as Man often does, the equation is 10+13+(10*13/40)=19.75 (rounds up to 20). 20 protection HI are incredibly good, and that's a hefty +7 bonus. Much more valuable than raising a 0-prot unit up to 10 protection.

Even Ulm benefits. Protection-18 Ulm HI goes to 24, a +6 bonus, as opposed to the +3 bonus from Legions of Steel. Or in addition, if you prefer

-Cherry

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Excellent point. Barkskin/MassProt isn't that useful for units with high NATURAL protection (cave drakes, trolls, cyclops, Jotuns?). But it's great for units with high ARMOR protection and little or no natural protection. Protection gives increasing returns against most attacks - after you get above the attacker's str+dam, it becomes increasingly more likely that you won't be damaged at all (below that it just improves the chances of being wounded instead of killed).

Also, magical forms of protection don't reduce your defense or increase your encumbrance like more armor does.