Units Armor and Weapons Upgrade

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one of the core upgrades for the Warcraft 3 Engine it’s ability to handle major art and animation assets like never before… so here’s a “cosmetic” suggestion that would surely be eye-pleasing for the fans and it will give the sense of reward and advancement when you play the game…

why not add more details to units as you upgrade their armor and weapons, like we see in warfront, don’t get me wrong, the models right now looks amazing as they are, and they’re iconic, but think about it, wouldn’t it feel more awesome if we saw Footmen and grunts with heavier and bulkier armor/weapons as we upgrade them ? it’ll give you a sense that “yes my army is more advanced now, and I can destroy my enemies with upgrades like that” type of feel.

what do you think ?

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I personally would love that, but that will give a slight advantage to reforged players vs the standard definition players.

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That would be so awesome but also a lot of work :slight_smile:

+1, nice idea

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It would be awesome to have a feature like this one.
Alternatively, this could also be tied to some Unit-Specific upgrades, in a similar fashion to the Troll Berserker.

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I wanted to suggest this but you already did. Blizzard just please do it. It’s very rewarding and eye pleasing. Small thing but often ignored by designers in so many games. I don’t play many games just because they don’t reflect the progress visually and feel ‘simple’. Obviously i will play reforged regardless but this would be great upgrade to the game.

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Thumbs up from here too!

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I like this idea. It could be done like how Starcraft II does it where new ability upgrades change the appearance.