[chrispedersen]

Well its there in edi's db. And you're right, you can't directly attack the problem - but you can get around it.

If you manually create a new armor called bronze plate etc - set the encumbrance et. al- presumably you wouldn't get the metal flag set. It is quite the pain, because then you have to manually equip your troops with the new armor.

On the flip side - it could be an advantage as well - only give the troops the new armor...

Edit: You know I wonder if any armor that has a value > x has that flag set?