[Ironhawk]

Olive I think you have your terminology mixed up. AP is generally accepted to mean Armor Piercing. I think you mean Prot (Protection), no?

The Prot calculation for shields has definitely changed from dom2 if thats what you are remembering? Now, the shield Protection is applied only if the blow is absorbed by the shield. In that case, the hit must over come both the shield prot + unit prot, I believe. I'm not exactly sure what the mechanics of whether a blow lands on a shield or not are. Someone will chime in on that tho...