Quote Originally Posted by oaty
But as far as upgrades go they are nice to have but have very little improvement for elite units. Take some naked fanatics with an attack of approximately 16 now that blacksmith adds 1 to there attack bringing it to 17. About a 7 percent improvement in there attack. Now take some town watch with an attack if 4 and give them that new weapon and they now have an attack of 5, a 20 percent improvement. Anything to give you that CUTTING edge in battle.
Well, this kind of depends on the battle mechanics calculations. If it works like MTW, then only the difference between the attackers attack and defenders defense matters so no matter who gets the upgrade the difference is still the same.