Swords + Spears... What are the stats now?

[Conan]

Hi guys,

Just wondering what the state of affairs with swords and spears are now stat wise. Is it still the case that sword infantry get a +4 attack bonus against spear infantry and/or thats spear infantry get a -4 attack against sword infantry?

Is that why all spear infantry have a much higher attack rating than sword/axe infantry?

I'm playing EB 1.2 Alex with Jirisys mod pack if that changes anything.

Cheers

[Arjos]

Spear attack is little higher, because swords and axes have higher lethality, which is more important for the kill rate..

[vollorix]

The bonis of sword units vs. spear depend on the attributes spear/light_spear in the EDU. Arjos: 0.1 lethality ( most shortswords ) is hardly higher then the 0.13 of spears ;) Conan: you can always adjust the values in the EDU by yourself. It´s save game compatible ( at least, as long as you don´t mess up things totaly - so make a backup! ). Many people here, including me, have changed the lethality of the weapons quite a lot ( especially upped the 0.1 lethality of short swords to 0.13-0.15 ).
The sword "ap" units, for instance, have terribly low attack values + low lethality like 0.11m and therefore are quite ineffective in killing units like skirmishers ( who move faster, and have better stamina ), but perform well aganst heavily armoured counterparts.
Anyway, i for one, have adjusted the edu so much, that is doesn´t look like the original one anymore ( playing on BI.exe ).

[Arjos]

Right, I was thinking about longswords mainly and also gamegeek's MP edu lol