Left Handed Units?

[caravel]

Who knew there were so many left handed people about these days? If I had known I would have bought better locks. I kid, I kid. It isn't like I blame you for being left handed, after all you were born that way. Maybe one day they might find a cure.

Left handed people must be one of the few groups a man can insult nowadays without being too politically incorrect. Them and the gingers.

Also I hope all you left handed types realise I'm joking. I don't want you using evil magiks to kill me in my sleep. (Still joking, please don't take me seriously)

It's not the left handed types you have to worry about... we happen to have a ginger haired super assassin moderator here at the .org so be careful....

[peacemaker]

personally, i prefer the army of clones. it just looks more professional-army like. The only time i like variety in the unit skins is a)the teutonic order in m2tw kingdoms(those helmets are awesome) or barbarians(rtw) or highlanders(scotts m2tw). i just find it cooler with an army of clones

[Sheogorath]

personally, i prefer the army of clones. it just looks more professional-army like. The only time i like variety in the unit skins is a)the teutonic order in m2tw kingdoms(those helmets are awesome) or barbarians(rtw) or highlanders(scotts m2tw). i just find it cooler with an army of clones

It makes sense, giving the period. Men were organized by height, regiments had specific types of facial hair (straight mustaches, downturned mustaches, upturned mustaches...the list goes on.), and, in general, the goal was to make everybody in a specific unit look as much like each other as possible within the professional armies.

[rabcarl]

Off-topic but the Viking berserkers were trained to use their left hands to gain an advantage over the right-handed opponents as they would have to fight across their bodies.

[Sheogorath]

I was under the impression that Viking berserkers pretty much hit their opponent with everything they could think of as frequently as possible :P

[Oleander Ardens]

Well only right is right and left is best left because truly harmful is dexterity in sinister hands...

[PBI]

It makes sense, giving the period. Men were organized by height, regiments had specific types of facial hair (straight mustaches, downturned mustaches, upturned mustaches...the list goes on.), and, in general, the goal was to make everybody in a specific unit look as much like each other as possible within the professional armies.

I personally very much hope that some of the more outlandish facial hair types will be researcheable high-end technologies, giving units the "scares enemies" ability. I know for a fact I would think twice before engaging a formation of men sporting full-blown mutton chops.

[Fisherking]

Left-handedness is caused by a higher testosterone level…hence the girly-men’s attempt at suppressing it.

You would likely only find left-handed guns among rifle militia where aiming is important and they brought their own!

And I agree that mutton chops are scary! But there were other scary styles in this era…or just after it actually…I remember an incident of someone being shunned because he sported a beard just after the War of 1812...so that could be a predigest too.

[Sir Beane]

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