Re: Problems in demo exist in regular game?
I agree that it would be nice addition. I'm just trying to explain why I think it's not necessary.
The main thing that varies is Protection. If they have shields, high shield Parry value helps.
Unshielded Ulmish infantry has protection of 17. Unshielded Marignonese infantry has protection 14. Crossbows cause 10 (armor-piercing) damage, so they deal about 1.5 [20 - 17/2] points of damage against Ulmish and about 3 [20 - 14/2] points of damage against Marignonese infantries. Flaming arrows adds another armor-piercing attack with 8 damage. Thanks to the random rolls, the damage varies quite a lot; just stacking enough armor-piercing attacks against heavy infantry will ensure that damage gets through and afflictions happen even if the armor is a bit better (prot 20 of Black Plate infantry of Ulm) or if a Shield gives a chance of parry.
Satyr Hoplites have protection 16 and Shield, Arcoscephale hoplites have protection 17 and Shield, Machaka Hoplites have protection 16 and Great Hide Shield, Agarthan Heavy Infantry has protection 17 and Kite Shield, Ulm has access to troops with protection 17 and protection 20, both varieties with and without tower shields, Pale Ones Soldiers of Agartha have protection 13, 18 hp and Buckler.
Normal crossbows work against all of these. Armor-piercing and -negating spells work against all of these. All have rather high encumberance.
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