yes +1 armor could really help. And it would make sence to have a unit, that is much slower than a Scout, but with the Advantage that they can kill a Scout. If you don't agree, then i have to say that Scouts can kill skirms, archers and man@arms, just spears can really kill them, and they are the fastest feudal unit, with bloodlines they have 65 HP; if you give man@arms 1 armor, it affects 3 things:
-fighting vs villagers
-fighting vs spears
-fighting vs Scouts
with villagers you would never fight with man@arms, if there are more than 1, it's even fairer because villagers get 1 (melee) armor from loom; and spears vs man@arms, who does that?
so it just or better mainly affects fights vs Scouts, and Scouts have the huge advantage of more HP, better Speed and they cost no gold, it's just obvious that man@arms have to be a little bit stronger in 1vs1 than Scouts.
-fighting vs villagers
-fighting vs spears
-fighting vs Scouts
with villagers you would never fight with man@arms, if there are more than 1, it's even fairer because villagers get 1 (melee) armor from loom; and spears vs man@arms, who does that?
so it just or better mainly affects fights vs Scouts, and Scouts have the huge advantage of more HP, better Speed and they cost no gold, it's just obvious that man@arms have to be a little bit stronger in 1vs1 than Scouts.