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godsakes
07-10-2009, 23:56
can anyone tell me what's the difference between the light vs heavy swords on an infantry unit?
Watchman
07-10-2009, 23:58
It's not "swords", it's "weapon type". To answer the question, nothing.
Aemilius Paulus
07-11-2009, 04:55
It's not "swords", it's "weapon type". To answer the question, nothing.
Yeah, it is merely a designation that helps AI know what to recruit. Certain factions are scripted to recruit certain units AFAIK. That "balanced caesar" or "builder stalin", etc AI personalities thing in desc_strat may influence AI recruitment.

EDIT: oh, you meant the weapons? Hmm, beats me. I do know vanilla blacksmith buildings would first upgrade the light weapons, and then heavy. In EB, there is only one level of a blacksmith.
gamegeek2
07-11-2009, 06:30
Are you talking about the actual weapons the units carry?
vartan
07-11-2009, 07:52
No difference--designation, as aforementioned by Watchman.
Megas Methuselah
07-11-2009, 08:50
What's he talkin' bout?
godsakes
07-11-2009, 10:08
sorry i meant weapon type
mountaingoat
07-11-2009, 11:47
the weight? :dizzy2:
vartan
07-11-2009, 20:53
I'd assume one possible answer to the original question would be as follows:

If you consider a Roman's gladius as a light sword (he holds it in one hand), then a Germanic warrior's two-handed long sword would be considered a heavy sword (AP too if I'm not mistaken).
Prussian to the Iron
07-11-2009, 21:09
yeah, i kinda figured it was just a difference between a short-sword and a long-sword.
i mean, gladius=a couple pounds, 2-hand iron swords= OMG OVER 9000!!!!
vartan
07-12-2009, 02:48
yeah, i kinda figured it was just a difference between a short-sword and a long-sword.
i mean, gladius=a couple pounds, 2-hand iron swords= OMG OVER 9000!!!!

9000? What happened to you? Barrel roll? :dizzy2:
Watchman
07-12-2009, 19:28
....then a Germanic warrior's two-handed long sword would be considered a heavy sword (AP too if I'm not mistaken).:inquisitive: His who what where ?

Anyway, IIRC there actually *is* a pattern to their distribution I threw in on a whim back when I last error-checked it. Basically "lightweight" weapons - spears, shortswords etc. - got classed as "light" (or "simple" as the actual technical term in the EDU goes) and assorted big heavy and/or choppy things - longswords, axes, big-ass öances etc. - as "heavy" ("blade" in the EDU)...
Maion Maroneios
07-12-2009, 21:23
9000? What happened to you? Barrel roll? :dizzy2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5csKvXCT4

Maion
Megas Methuselah
07-12-2009, 23:39
Guys, what the heck is going on? :dizzy2:
vartan
07-13-2009, 01:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5csKvXCT4

Maion

Lol, over 9000? I can't believe I watched all of that. Ahaha :laugh4:
mountaingoat
07-13-2009, 02:34
from that link i came across this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2E69k7BYd8&feature=related
Prussian to the Iron
07-13-2009, 05:22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5csKvXCT4

Maion


i'm not sure if you missed his joke or if you were just linking for future reference.

'Do a barrel roll!' is a common internet meme like 'OVER 9000!!!!', and similarly 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us!'. its from a starfox game (don't remember which) where the guy funnily says to do a barrel roll. :beam:
Maion Maroneios
07-13-2009, 12:19
I know, I just wanted to contribute to your reference of the catchphrase.

Maion
antisocialmunky
07-13-2009, 18:58
Has anyone noticed how much this forum is starting to devolve into /eb/?

I made the demotivator thread, Watchman posts random Encyclopedia Dramatica every so often, lots o memes.. etc?

Maybe we should put up an EB Lol Cats thread, make an army of Spartan Pedobears and just complete the transformation? :-p
Watchman
07-13-2009, 19:09
I do it for the lulz.

Anyway, I seem to recall we had the Tavern long before that... and people still actually "talk shop" most of the time rather than asking for CP, so I don't think there's a problem.
mountaingoat
07-14-2009, 00:49
sub forum , for a lolcatz all your sparta are belong to us? hmm
Prussian to the Iron
07-14-2009, 22:11
has anyone ever been annoyed by that stupid Zalgo crap? i used to frequent Forgehub, and there was this thread called the (I hope i can get this right):

ORLY/OM NOM/ IM IN UR/ LOLCAT etc. pic thread

and most of the pics were funny, until some idiots started posting that retarded zalgo crap.