User blog:Lord Vipertooth/Blacksmith technologies and strategies

I edited the strategy part of the Pavise page. However it is somewhat similar as the Leather Archer Armor upgrade. I was wondering about which techs in general should have priority and if we should add it to the respective pages. In general I think the wiki does not adress which priority upgrades should be given.

I think that in a crossbow vs. Knight situation, I would think it would be sensible to prioritise going Imperial before doing Leather Archer Armor and  Pavise, while in crossbow vs. crossbow battles I would surely get these defensive upgrades (with these upgrades your crossbows thake only 4 damage from enemy crossbows). Another matchup which might be worthwile to consider is what to do with mixed armies? If you go for crossbows+pikes vs. Kights, it might be sensible to skip Leather Archer Armor and do no upgrades on your pikes at all and save the cost of Squires, Forging, Iron Casting, Scale mail armor and Chain Mail Armor+Leather Archer Armor(920 food, 370 gold) to advance to the Imperial age earlier or invest it in Villagers.

We might add some words about prioritising Castle Age upgrades over going to the imperial age, since it is a important decision, On the other hand I guess it is highly situational and the information might hardly be practically applicable.

Some further techs whose priority (e.g. cost efficiency) will be hard are : Berserkergang, Carrack, Chatras, Druzhina, Andean Sling and Bearded Axe.

I hope you can share your thoughts on this.