Talk:Throwing Axeman (Age of Empires II)/@comment-2405:204:5102:4D8D:8511:6892:B728:FECC-20180829142336/@comment-2405:204:5102:4D8D:8511:6892:B728:FECC-20180830064232

Axe heads, even when the cutting edge doesn't land perfectly can still impart heavy damage and break bones even beyond scale and chain armor. Plate armor can still stop it to some extent, however!

So maybe they could let their range be put at 3 and have the axeman's attack reduced a bit (say 6 and 8 for Elite)  while making scale and chain armor ( for infantry, cavalry and archers have no amor protection ) having no impact on an Axeman's attack. Meaning, when facing an Axeman, only your Plate armor (of value 1 will come into play) while the other armor upgrades would be useless. Also, your base armor.

Or some comination of that.

This I feel will make the Axeman an exciting unit to play with!