[CUnknown]

You are probably right that it won't make much of a difference for most races. But, you have removed the major barrier that prevented MA Ulm from mass producing them early on.

Now I will be able to mass produce them as soon as I get the research. Ulm will easily be able to get.. I dunno... 10-20 of them in their armies by turn 20-25. SCs and thugs without air shield will get shredded.

But maybe this is not such a bad thing. Ulm needed some help against SCs.