Militia not equipping Mail armor....

[Suchy]

So I just have a single spearman militia of 36 villagers..
I'm trying to upgrade them but they are not equipping the mail armor I have in the storehouse?...
They equipped the helmets i had in there in no time...

Am I missing something?...lol

[Clovis Sangrail]

Originally posted by Suchy:

Am I missing something?...lol

Yep. Did you read the Warfare section of the Official Manor Lords Wiki/beginner's Guide?

Pay careful attention to the part I highlighted with bold italics.

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.

https://hoodedhorse.com/wiki/Manor_Lords/Warfare#Unit_types

I'm going to take a wild guess that you didn't read this and that your militia are probably not from level 3 burgages.

[Suchy]

Haha, thank you!

[Agony_Aunt]

Don't confuse chainmail with plate mail either.

Tier 3 can wear chainmail. Plate mail can only be worn by retinue, and considering you can upgrade them for 50 coins, it makes plate mail production more or less worthless.