armor rating Q, and other stuff

**harm** · November 29, 2006, 03:25 PM

1. Did anyone really have cannons on top of elephants?....it looks fake to me.
2. Is wedge form that good, I thought in RTW it wasn't anything special.

3. Armor ratings. I have upgraded my castle to the max Armor rating, and I don't see the armor rating changing color or anything on my troops. (viking axeman) How do i know they are using the top armor....it doesn't say anything about the armor they have on...and the defense/armor rating never goes up..!! so whats up with that...

**Lusted** · November 29, 2006, 03:39 PM

3. Armor ratings. I have upgraded my castle to the max Armor rating, and I don't see the armor rating changing color or anything on my troops. (viking axeman) How do i know they are using the top armor....it doesn't say anything about the armor they have on...and the defense/armor rating never goes up..!! so whats up with that...

Not all units can get full armour upgrades, many are limited to 1 or 2 so you will only see the bronze or silver shield armour upgrade symbol on their small unit card.

**blinkboy182** · November 29, 2006, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Lusted

Not all units can get full armour upgrades, many are limited to 1 or 2 so you will only see the bronze or silver shield armour upgrade symbol on their small unit card.

Just to be sure, do you mean 1 or 2 limit per faction or the entire game?

**harm** · November 29, 2006, 03:43 PM

Lusted, how do I know what their armor limit is? I wasted so many turns thinking I could upgrade these axeman for nothing.

**Lusted** · November 29, 2006, 03:46 PM

Try them in custom battle.

**Wurfspiess** · November 29, 2006, 03:50 PM

You can see it on the unit descripition when you click on the card
it shows the next possible armor upgrade
works only on recruited units not in the recruiting screen

**munrock** · November 29, 2006, 03:50 PM

In campaign there's also a 'next upgrade' field in the unit description.

**harm** · November 29, 2006, 03:56 PM

bah, they could of made this a little more clear. oh well, thanks

I guess these chump axeman can't wear pimp plate armor. :/

Is there even gold or silver weapons anymore? I don't find any in custom battles...rarley see any silver armor too....

**Ahiga** · November 29, 2006, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by harm

bah, they could of made this a little more clear. oh well, thanks

I guess these chump axeman can't wear pimp plate armor. :/

Is there even gold or silver weapons anymore? I don't find any in custom battles...rarley see any silver armor too....

Pike and Halberd (The most general issue ones. Pike or halberd militias) can go to gold.

Militas as mentioned can go to silver. I think longbowmen can too.

I think the general thought is that the higher up a unit's base armor is, the less upgrades they can go to. Someone in light mail or leather can upgrade more than someone in full or half plate/

**shadyrome** · November 29, 2006, 04:45 PM

try milta troops

they usally have silver armour or gold.

**the_mango55** · November 29, 2006, 05:21 PM

1. From what I understand, it was attempted a couple of times with poor results.

2. I don't ever use wedge, but I assume that it would be pretty good hitting a shiltron (just a guess)

3. Already been answered.