Highest armour without extra fatigue in desert?

**Biggus Diccus** · 04-06-2005, 10:59

I am thinking of adding some armour to my HA/Turcoman H, but I want them to perform well in the desert. Is it safe to add +1 armour and end up with a total of 3 armour, or is 2 armour the 'best' fatigue-wise?

**ichi** · 04-06-2005, 15:44

Of course the lower the armor the better, but I've found that an armor level of 4 works OK (sometimes I even use guys with 5 but they can't ever run, climb hills, or last a long time)

ichi

**Es Arkajae** · 04-07-2005, 03:50

I think 4 is the limit mate, and don't forget to factor in the shield which also counts into the armour total I believe.

I used to have a piece of paper with the calculations of how much armour I could add to each unit on it before getting the penalty

, wish I could find it again.

**CBR** · 04-07-2005, 04:47

IIRC its 2 for infantry and 3 for cavalry. Anything above that and fatigue starts to get bad from being in desert. Shield does not add to the armor for fatigue calculation.

So your HA/Turcoman should be fine as they only have 2 from start.

CBR

**Es Arkajae** · 04-09-2005, 13:18

Originally Posted by CBR

IIRC its 2 for infantry and 3 for cavalry. Anything above that and fatigue starts to get bad from being in desert. Shield does not add to the armor for fatigue calculation.

So your HA/Turcoman should be fine as they only have 2 from start.

CBR

You sure about that mate?, not just the shield thing but the 2 limit for infantry?

If its so then one is simply better off not armouring anyone you're sending to the desert.

**CBR** · 04-09-2005, 14:41

Yes positive. I just made a few tests to confirm it.

Infantry with armour 1 and 2 gets same fatigue as desert does not effect them at all. Above that it just gets worse and worse. For cavalry its same for armour 2 and 3 (no cav has armour 1)

Shield does not have any effect at all.

It means you can give all the unarmoured infantry one armour upgrade. IIRC there are only a couple of inf units that has armour 2 (swiss halbs and swiss pikemen) so the rest cant get armour upgrades without getting problems in desert.

CBR