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3.1: Upgrading Units | [Back to the WarGuide]
In Warcraft2 you could upgrade weapons, in Total Annihilation you could do it by killing your own cheap units. How can you do it in TA:K? You can, but its sneaky :). Units in TA:K get upgraded as they kill more and more enemy units, but not your own. As a unit gets more kills it becomes a Veteran and is more powerful and accurate. For every few more kills, the unit becomes even more powerful accurate. Expirienced units can be identified on the battlefield as having different parts on them colored in gold. Save these units! Veteran units are great units, so watch them carefully. It is costly, but veteran units are better than regular ones, so do this every once and a while. Make a square with walls, leaving one open end. Put some units in the box, and put the units you want to upgrade right by the open end. Select the units in the box, and give them to your opponent by opening the Diplomacy Menu up by pressing "D". Have the units waiting out side rush in, killing the units. Do this several times, and you'll get a good number of upgraded units, but it is quite costly. A group of Musketteers wait for the Warriors to turn to the other team Units get upgraded when they gain experience points by killing enemy units. Every unit has 10 levels of experience. Your advanced units have to kill more enemy units than your basic ones, because they're, well, better. When a unit reaches it's 4th level, it recieves a Bronze shield on its pic in the interface (when its selected). At the 5th level, the unit gets some gold colored features on its body. At the 7th level, the unit gets a Silver Shield, and at the 10th level it gets a Gold Shield and gets more gold body parts. Notice the Gold Spikes on the Fire Demon - A clear indication of Veteran Status