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Talk:Military testing

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The discussion page would be a good place to put more information, perhaps to be formatted and added to the main page later. Nshapter (talk)


I ran some 34.11 testing to determine which one handed sword was better

Unskilled Unarmored Human Males 10 men on 10 men times 10 fights

!!The Sword Fights!!

Iron Short Sword vs Iron Scimitar

fight SSword_Survivors Scimitar_Survivors
1 0 4
2 3 0
3 3 0
4 0 8
5 0 7
6 8 0
7 0 9
8 0 8
9 0 8
10 0 7
total 14 51

Iron Long Sword vs Iron Scimitar

fight LSword_Survivors Scimitar_Survivors
1 7 0
2 1 0
3 10 0
4 0 1
5 7 0
6 6 0
7 0 9
8 0 4
9 7 0
10 7 0
total 45 14

[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_SHORT] [NAME:short sword:short swords] [SIZE:300] [SKILL:SWORD] [TWO_HANDED:37500] [MINIMUM_SIZE:32500] [CAN_STONE] [MATERIAL_SIZE:3] [ATTACK:EDGE:20000:4000:slash:slashes:NO_SUB:1250] [ATTACK:EDGE:50:2000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000] [ATTACK:BLUNT:20000:4000:slap:slaps:flat:1250] [ATTACK:BLUNT:100:1000:strike:strikes:pommel:1000]

[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SCIMITAR] [NAME:scimitar:scimitars] [SIZE:300] [SKILL:SWORD] [TWO_HANDED:37500] [MINIMUM_SIZE:32500] [MATERIAL_SIZE:3] [ATTACK:EDGE:20000:4000:slash:slashes:NO_SUB:1250] [ATTACK:EDGE:50:2000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000] [ATTACK:BLUNT:20000:4000:slap:slaps:flat:1250] [ATTACK:BLUNT:50:1000:strike:strikes:pommel:1000]

[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_LONG] [NAME:long sword:long swords] [SIZE:700] [SKILL:SWORD] [TWO_HANDED:57500] [MINIMUM_SIZE:52500] [MATERIAL_SIZE:4] [ATTACK:EDGE:60000:6000:slash:slashes:NO_SUB:1250] [ATTACK:EDGE:50:3000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000] [ATTACK:BLUNT:60000:6000:slap:slaps:flat:1250] [ATTACK:BLUNT:100:1000:strike:strikes:pommel:1000]

Results seem conclusive to rank Long Sword>Scimitar>Short Sword, however the extreme similarity between short sword and scimitar continues to bother me.

Nshapter (talk)