Spear Militia vs Town Militia

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

There stats are really bugged in my opinion, Spear militia has a way better shield, yet it is the same value as town militia.

[Aeratus]

town militia is a spear unit if i remember correctly, but they do not get the fighting malus of spear vs infantry.

Yeah, your right. Town militia is classified as light infantry, but this itself has no relevance. But what is relevant is that town militia has a "light_spear" weapon attribute, while spear militia has a "spear" attribute. And you're right that "light_spear" does not have a penalty against infantry.

Now, I think I recall that during my 10 tests, the spear militia is always winning at first. I could tell because the "only half remaining" announcement usually goes to the town militia first. Also, I seem to remember that after the initial charge impact, the spear militia has a small advantage in the red/blue army strength scale. This makes sense because the spear militia has a higher mass, so it does better at the early stage due to a better charge and charge-defense. Then, after a while, town militia gains on the spear militia slightly due to lack of anti-infantry penalty. In the end, however, it's right about even. (But all of this could be faulty memory, so maybe more tests are needed)

[napoleonic]

There stats are really bugged in my opinion, Spear militia has a way better shield, yet it is the same value as town militia.

it's irrelevant the stats are that matters, you can have tanks have the same armor as town militias, doesn't mean the stats are bugged, but rather they aren't given the stats that make sense.

[Aeratus]

it's irrelevant the stats are that matters, you can have tanks have the same armor as town militias, doesn't mean the stats are bugged, but rather they aren't given the stats that make sense.

So in other words, it's not the stats that are bugged, but the shield graphic that is bugged.

[jmlinden7]

If I remember correctly, the spear stat in EDU gives -4 defense to infantry or something. Or -4 attack. Spear Militia take a while to kill light swordsmen/skirmishers, but are generally excellent vs cavalry.