Tech trees

**Rodion Romanovich** · 07-05-2005, 10:04

@NeonGod: Yeah, that's a good idea. I haven't looked into it but it might be possible. Would add an interesting touch.

**Incongruous** · 07-10-2005, 04:09

I just had to post this little fact, sorry if its tye wrong thread.
Did you know that Anglo-Saxon/Englisc swords were better than thos of the Samurai, no shit. They could cleave a man in two with one stroke. So you might want to give the more expensive swordsmen really awsome attack.

**Jarlabanke** · 07-10-2005, 22:36

What exactly do you mean by "better"? As I've understood it the general consensus is that most swords were pretty much ideal for their specific purpouse, of course taking in to account the methods and material available to the smiths. So saying that this or that sword is outright better than the other just simply doesn't make sense.
As for cleaving a man, do you mean head to toe
or just right across the waist?
No doubt though the swords of this period was indeed very good workmanship as many smiths used so called pattern welding, a system similar to that used by the Japanese, which was later abandoned as getting the right type of steel was made easier by new inventions.
Further more the same type of swords were used pretty much all over northen europe, France and the british isles with the french being generally regarded as the best smiths.
Swords were however not really as unusual as people often make them out to be, with several thousands of finds in Scandinavia alone, and that taking into account that that we've thousands of unexcavated graves (though admittedly most probably belonging to farmers) and that the most common burial practice before the arival of christendom was inhumation.
I'd say one should be careful to give the sword to much damage in relation to other weapons especially the two handed dane axe, swordstroops should probably just have faster attack or better defence values than higher damage. Or if given higher damage, should lack the same anti armour capabilities as axes.

**Incongruous** · 07-10-2005, 22:43

Ok, this was on a channel four programme call "Dark ages:Barbarians". On it they had a group of sword experts who clearly stated that Anglo-Saxon swords were far more superior to those of any other nation/pepole including the japanese i.e the Japanese method os sword making was inferior to that of the Anglo-Saxons, the Anglo-Saxon swords were the sharpest and strongest around.
Yes, they all said that the sword could cut a man down the middle.
If you don't beleive me you can get the programme out, its really really good.

**ScionTheWorm** · 07-11-2005, 07:53

Kingdom of Englisc will have some badass elite units...

I'm by the way doing progress in the unit modelling/skinning. 10 irish/scots almostdone. just to inform

I guess I won't post them until the two factions are done though, maybe some teasers...

**Jarlabanke** · 07-11-2005, 10:25

Did they mean superior at the time or through all time, as in Anglo-Saxon sword being superior to a 17th century Katana or just the ones made around AD 1000?
I must say I would be intrested in seeing the program as all temporary sources I've ever read praise the French swordsmiths as the best. I must say I'm curious
as to how you know how sharp a 1000 year old sword was when it was made, though I must say I've read about viking swords cutting paper to this day.

**King Ragnar** · 07-11-2005, 17:23

Originally Posted by ScionTheWorm

Kingdom of Englisc will have some badass elite units...

I'm by the way doing progress in the unit modelling/skinning. 10 irish/scots almostdone. just to inform

I guess I won't post them until the two factions are done though, maybe some teasers...

Teasers!!!! please