light vs heavy swords?

[godsakes]

can anyone tell me what's the difference between the light vs heavy swords on an infantry unit?

[Watchman]

It's not "swords", it's "weapon type". To answer the question, nothing.

[Aemilius Paulus]

It's not "swords", it's "weapon type". To answer the question, nothing.

Yeah, it is merely a designation that helps AI know what to recruit. Certain factions are scripted to recruit certain units AFAIK. That "balanced caesar" or "builder stalin", etc AI personalities thing in desc_strat may influence AI recruitment.

EDIT: oh, you meant the weapons? Hmm, beats me. I do know vanilla blacksmith buildings would first upgrade the light weapons, and then heavy. In EB, there is only one level of a blacksmith.

[gamegeek2]

Are you talking about the actual weapons the units carry?

[vartan]

No difference--designation, as aforementioned by Watchman.

[Megas Methuselah]

What's he talkin' bout?

[godsakes]

sorry i meant weapon type

[mountaingoat]

the weight?

[vartan]

I'd assume one possible answer to the original question would be as follows:

If you consider a Roman's gladius as a light sword (he holds it in one hand), then a Germanic warrior's two-handed long sword would be considered a heavy sword (AP too if I'm not mistaken).

[Prussian to the Iron]

yeah, i kinda figured it was just a difference between a short-sword and a long-sword.
i mean, gladius=a couple pounds, 2-hand iron swords= OMG OVER 9000!!!!

[vartan]

yeah, i kinda figured it was just a difference between a short-sword and a long-sword.
i mean, gladius=a couple pounds, 2-hand iron swords= OMG OVER 9000!!!!

9000? What happened to you? Barrel roll?

[Watchman]

....then a Germanic warrior's two-handed long sword would be considered a heavy sword (AP too if I'm not mistaken).

His who what where ?

Anyway, IIRC there actually *is* a pattern to their distribution I threw in on a whim back when I last error-checked it. Basically "lightweight" weapons - spears, shortswords etc. - got classed as "light" (or "simple" as the actual technical term in the EDU goes) and assorted big heavy and/or choppy things - longswords, axes, big-ass öances etc. - as "heavy" ("blade" in the EDU)...

[Maion Maroneios]

9000? What happened to you? Barrel roll?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5csKvXCT4

Maion

[Megas Methuselah]

Guys, what the heck is going on?

[vartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5csKvXCT4

Maion

Lol, over 9000? I can't believe I watched all of that. Ahaha

[mountaingoat]

from that link i came across this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2E6...eature=related

[Prussian to the Iron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5csKvXCT4

Maion

i'm not sure if you missed his joke or if you were just linking for future reference.

'Do a barrel roll!' is a common internet meme like 'OVER 9000!!!!', and similarly 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us!'. its from a starfox game (don't remember which) where the guy funnily says to do a barrel roll.

[Maion Maroneios]

I know, I just wanted to contribute to your reference of the catchphrase.

Maion

[antisocialmunky]

Has anyone noticed how much this forum is starting to devolve into /eb/?

I made the demotivator thread, Watchman posts random Encyclopedia Dramatica every so often, lots o memes.. etc?

Maybe we should put up an EB Lol Cats thread, make an army of Spartan Pedobears and just complete the transformation? :-p

[Watchman]

I do it for the lulz.

Anyway, I seem to recall we had the Tavern long before that... and people still actually "talk shop" most of the time rather than asking for CP, so I don't think there's a problem.

[mountaingoat]

sub forum , for a lolcatz all your sparta are belong to us? hmm

[Prussian to the Iron]

has anyone ever been annoyed by that stupid Zalgo crap? i used to frequent Forgehub, and there was this thread called the (I hope i can get this right):

ORLY/OM NOM/ IM IN UR/ LOLCAT etc. pic thread

and most of the pics were funny, until some idiots started posting that retarded zalgo crap.