Talk:Malians/@comment-78.27.114.63-20160106000110/@comment-132.170.15.135-20160106144621

yea, even with the additional pierce armor, the malian infantry is hardly a counter to archers (nor is it meant to be), partly cause of its slowness and a lack of any bonus damage a la skirmishers or huskarls.

imo the +pierce armor is most noticable when it comes to raiding, since the damage taken from towers, castles, and tcs is drastically reduced - combined with the arson tech, a group of longswordsmen can just ruin somebody's day.