vikings v

[castle]

In a recent battle 80 of my vikings wiped out 50 vg. I was surprised as I was only using them as a delaying tactic and they only had 2 honour. Are the vg going soft.

[Maniac]

That's what I call Berserkers http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Kristaps]

First: the vikings get bonus attacking armor. Varangians are heavily armored.

Second: the outcome of the battle might have been dictated by differences in valor (also the general's command rating). vikings from Norway (+1 valor) with a good general (+4 valor) would beat the crap out of valor 0 varangians...