Talk:Trash unit/@comment-27426837-20160330182346

I'm not sure if inAoE III the concept makes that much sense. The concept of trash units was the use of less limited resources, but in III all resources are comparable at that point. Just calling cheap (per unit) units trash units is less useful as well, as it doesn't make a real difference in combat. You just have more of the cheaper unit or less of the expensive one. Crossbowmen and Pikemen are useful up to Fortress and just become outdated when Guard Upgrades are coming in. Native Allies are mostly support units, that's something different.