Suggestion: How to beef up light inf

[HJ]

Originally posted by Arralen:
And encumbrance does not influence movement speed, at least unless the (fixed) unit stats reflect this. There wouldn't be any change to the speed if you change a units encumbrance on the battlefield, but it does get more fatigue.

Encumbrance itself might not, but having armor or not does in fact affect the battle movement speed. Try casting Armor of Achilles on Ulmish units and see who's going to get to the end of the map first.

As for defense points, they are deduced as part of the armor stats. So yes, having more protection for armor usually means more chance to be hit in melee as well. Defense doesn't work with missiles though, and this is where high protection values (and shields) come much handier.