Question about unit armour

**Drakonak** · July 23, 2008, 05:00 PM

I have the same armour smith building in both Milan and Toulouse (as France). Milan is a city while Toulouse is a castle. How come Milan's militia get gold armour icons but my Toulousian knights only get a bronze armour icon?

**Iron Juggernaut** · July 23, 2008, 05:27 PM

They're better than you!

No, to be honest, they're just more advanced and professional than your guys are. These units are vets at defense apparently.

**Drakonak** · July 23, 2008, 05:58 PM

nononono, I have both cities

**Surgeon** · July 23, 2008, 06:13 PM

The armor icons don't indicate the type of armor your units have, but how many times the unit's armor has been upgraded. Bronze = upgraded once, silver = upgraded twice, and gold = upgraded three times. It does not necessarily mean that the unit with a gold icon has better armor than a unit with a bronze icon. For example:

A unit of town militia can be upgraded 3 times, from None -> Padded -> Light Mail -> Heavy Mail. Thus they have the gold icon to indicate they've been upgraded three times. Their final armor is Heavy Mail.
A unit of knights can be upgraded but once, from Heavy Mail -> Partial Plate. Thus they have a bronze icon to show they've been upgraded once. However their final armor is still superior to that of the town militia.