A Rant on Grenadiers and Suggestions on How to Buff Them (and How the Devs Already Got It Right Once Before)

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A Grenadier (2 pop) has 200 HP and 50% ranged resistance, meaning that their “Ranged HP” is 300 HP.

no. that means they have 400 ranged hp

Armour: A Mathematical Analysis

It seems like the topic of armour, range resistance/ melee resistance is greatly misunderstood by many players of various skill levels. In this post I will demystify the mathematics behind the armour system in Age of Empire III. Let us start with the basics- How does armour work? Every unit has one type of resistance. Ranged resistance, melee resistance, or (rarely) siege resistance. The game engine takes all incoming damage, and if it is the type of armour that is resisted, decreases the damag…