Agreed on buffing armor.
I've been playing with the 'Armor Does Something' mod lately and it's made battles more enjoyable overall. Arrows still hurt, but are not as strong and javelins while being powerful against shields, no longer one hit you when you're wearing top tier gear.
And in turn making the battles last longer i take it?
If i may ask, what version are you playing with this mod? Is it working well?
I've been keeping a watchful eye on this mod since this is a mod that does one of the major things i deem important for me to jump back into bannerlord.
I read that the mod author did find one or two kinks in it when it comes to 1.4.1
In general i feel that the aforementioned mod is sorta a solution to what this thread is about.
Making arrows more realistic, making armor actually work.
Pierce damage is kinda the culprit when it comes to projectiles being OP. As far as i can tell at least.
The damage type itself seems flawed/insufficiently considered and tweaked by TW, an oversight if you will.