Weapons Upgrades

**Deus Ex** · 05-21-2005, 20:26

There are only a handful of provinces on the map that have Iron - Sweden, Franconia, Aragon, Navare, Castile, (off the top of my head) and several more I can't recall atm.

You must have at least a Castle before you can build the Metalsmith. Once built, units built in the province with weapons will have a + 1 bonus (I believe it is limited to Melee attack and does not effect ranged attacks). The Metalsmith can be upgraded as you tech up.

hope that helps.

DE

**Patron** · 05-21-2005, 21:48

Sweden, Franconia, Bavaria (I think), Hungary, Carpathia, Aragon, Navare, Castile and Leon.

You can build an armourer with just a keep, but you need to upgrade to castle before you can build a metalsmith. It appears to affect ranged attacks, someone should do a custom battle experiment to find out though.

**littlebktruck** · 05-21-2005, 23:13

I see. Well, I have Sweden, so that should be nice and handy. Thanks!

**ichi** · 05-22-2005, 04:38

It appears to affect ranged attacks, someone should do a custom battle experiment to find out though.

Weapons upgrades only improve melee attack, not missile effectiveness.

ichi

**Zion_Raven** · 05-22-2005, 07:01

I could see why Iron would not affect a bow, but the tip of the arrow or javelin would definitely add armor piercing with finely wrought iron or elementary steel, don't you think?

**BAD** · 05-22-2005, 07:04

Originally Posted by Zion_Raven

I could see why Iron would not affect a bow, but the tip of the arrow or javelin would definitely add armor piercing with finely wrought iron or elementary steel, don't you think?

The game designers seemed to think not.

Though maybe it can be modded in?

**ichi** · 05-22-2005, 18:26

There is quite a bit of a history of discussion onthis subject, going back to the very beginning.

Yes I agree it seems like weapons improvement would lead to an improvement in ranged attack, but the game doesn't work that way.

ichi