Armour Upgrades

**mir** · 11-22-2007, 08:02

Can someone explain how armour upgrades work?

When I right-click on them, some of my units have a line saying "Next armour upgrade: Splint Mail". Does this mean thay can only upgrade to that level and no further?

For example:

If I send my Peasants to an Armour Factory, they will only be upgraded to the next level of armour, e.g. padded (bronze shield icon) but not all the way to heavy mail (gold shield icon)?

(Sorry, everyone, I can't remember the exact stats and names of the armour etc.)

**Shahed** · 11-22-2007, 08:54

Yeap that's right. There's a max armor level for each unit e.g peasants can only upgrade to padded armor. Different units have different levels e.g Gothich Knights can go Gothic Plate (the best armor), English KNights can go Full Plate, Sipahi can go heavy mail, Turcomen => Light Mail, Janissary Archers => Heavy Mail(or was it light?)... and so on. I think the armor upgrades are in one of the stickies. Bottom line is whatever they can upgrade to , it's usually worth it. Try a custom battle Padded Peasants vs Longbows, and then another one normal Peasants vs Longbows. You'll see the difference.

**DVX BELLORVM** · 11-22-2007, 15:08

Originally Posted by mir

When I right-click on them, some of my units have a line saying "Next armour upgrade: Splint Mail". Does this mean thay can only upgrade to that level and no further?

That depends on a unit. Some of them can be upgraded more times (max 3 upgrades). The text you are refering to shows only the next upgrade, not the maximum that can be reached.

As sinan said, the armor upgrade does make a difference.
For example, unupgraded spear militia is pretty much worthless, but with three upgrades (up to the heavy mail), they become a very useful, especially early on.