Hi all, my first forum post!
I recruited Atalanta to increase speed of troops attacking across the Island. At level 2 I was'nt expecting too much. I set up an attack to a local town with slingers that took 7 mins, then added Atalanta. Unfortunately the expected time of the attack on the attack screen does not change but when I launched she saved them 8 seconds. So the reduction worked but to know how long the attack will take even at higher levels I will need to launch to find out. In a live scenario if I have to keep cancelling and re-launching, all elements of suprise will be lost.
Furthermore, although it does make sense, I was disappointed to find that if you attack with Horseman she will actually slow them down! In the above scenario it took 30 seconds longer. Counld'nt somebody lend her a horse?