When should you forge weapons?

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Originally Posted by JonBrave

As a general answer to the OP, and speaking as a newb, I do find that a lot of lower level weapons seem pretty pointless: by the time I put it on a commander it's often worse (or little better) than the "in-built" it's replacing. (Doesn't stop me forging, though, I do it for fun ) Is that about right?

Sharpness weapons are nice to attack high prottection enemies. Some of the swords that give you att or def are good agaisnt units with high defense too. But at the lower research, often your combatants need a good shield and a good armor much more than a sword. It depends on the SC, though