I think it would be interesting if the armies of an empire could be upgraded like ships.


This could include:

  • Different weapons (Sniper rifles give a bonus against infantry but weak against armour for example)
  • Having to research different types of weapons on the tech tree.
  • Upgrades to armour and air units using strategic resources.

It could be like ship weapons:

  1. Beam could be Snipers
  2. Laser could be Shotguns
  3. Slugs could be Rifles/machine guns
  4. Torpedoes could be rocket launchers?

And more, but i can't think of any right now, but i think this would add another layer of strategy to invasions since you will have to balance your forces and it would be better than the current system of just improving the base stats without some drawbacks