Militia refuses to equip chainmail

[ᛁᛖᛊᚢᛊ ᚨᚱ ᚷᚢᛞ]

There is over 50 pieces of chainmail in the storehouse but my militia refuses to wear more than perhaps 2 or 3 at most.. Wtf. They wear helmets and gambesons but most of them refuse to wear chainmail even if it's in the storage. Why????

[Maiskolben]

Only Tier 3 people use chainmail. Tier 2 is gambeson and everyone can use helmet.

[ᛁᛖᛊᚢᛊ ᚨᚱ ᚷᚢᛞ]

Originally posted by Maiskolben:

Only Tier 3 people use chainmail. Tier 2 is gambeson and everyone can use helmet.

That must be it, right.

Silly mechanic, I should be able to as a baron to hand out chainmail to the militia and tell them to wear it.

At least I know why now though :(.

[madpraxis]

Eh, sort of silly, but also sort of realistic.

They take care of these things. They can get in serious amounts of trouble, think deathly type of trouble, for not maintaining their equipment. If you are doing well enough to be living in a nice house, you probably have the means and the time to maintain your equipment...

Plus, gives you a reason to upgrade ;)

To be fair, gambeson and helmet combined are pretty tough as it is.

[KrayZee]

I think it's a fine mechanic, it gives you a reason to actually go to T3 (if combat becomes a more polished mechanic)

[ᛁᛖᛊᚢᛊ ᚨᚱ ᚷᚢᛞ]

Good points all around

[Fantiniastic]

What about gambesons though? I have like 200 but only a handful in each militia are wearing them.

[Jabberwocky]

Originally posted by Fantiniastic:

What about gambesons though? I have like 200 but only a handful in each militia are wearing them.

Maybe the majority of your militiamen come from level 1 burgage plots?

[Cassian]

Originally posted by KrayZee:

I think it's a fine mechanic, it gives you a reason to actually go to T3 (if combat becomes a more polished mechanic)

it is a silly mechanic because no where in the game does it tell the player this info.

[9erRed]

Originally posted by Cassian:

Originally posted by KrayZee:

I think it's a fine mechanic, it gives you a reason to actually go to T3 (if combat becomes a more polished mechanic)

it is a silly mechanic because no where in the game does it tell the player this info.

Greetings,

See here:

Game Wiki:

Militia are units recruited from among the male villagers.
They require weapons depending on the militia type.
Each militia is made up of 36 men but can have less if there aren't sufficient weapons.

- Each soldier will try to equip a Helmet if one is available.
- * If their Burgage Plot is level 2 they will also try to equip a Gambeson if one is available, while level 3 Burgage Plots will request a Mail Armor instead. *

- The helmet and body armor are both optional for a troop to form, but both increase the armor of the troop.

Here:
https://hoodedhorse.com/wiki/Manor_Lords/Warfare