Watching again and again the wonderfull roster of this project i had some questions about Elves.
Elves are immortals.
Elves (if not killed) live for ever. So the elder Elves gather riches for long years plus gather battle expirience (those who survuved battles in hundreds of years). Even the new recruits (new born Elves) can be well trained because their teachers are masters of war.
Now two points...
Elves can not have "peasant" type units .
Those youngsters can be finanshed by their familly to have access to high quality armor.
So "wooden" shields and simple leather jackets are out of question.
Why?
"Mithril" is light as a feather and strong as a dragon's tooth.
So ambush tasked units can be equipted with "chain mail" look mithril armor (chain mail was Talkin's favorite armor thank to his viking worship) that allows ambushers to move fast with out the wheight problem.
We must NOT forget that the story is a fairy tail and "logic" or human society features are not basic in fairy tails!
I know its a game but a new "formula" must be found in Elves (and in Orc for the same reassons) apearence.