Quote Originally Posted by Intranetusa
what I'm concerned about is spears having less lethality/attack rate than swords
Short swords get 0.1. Falcatas get 0.1(1) AP. Good short swords and mid-sized ones get 0.13. Overhand spears get 0.13.

I fail to see the problem.

Sure, longswords do 0.225, but they're mainly used by "barbarians" anyway and the sugar-daddy Carthies can hire those too...