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    Vikings Will Win The Faction Rush Order

    I'm calling it from now. Since the new Faction Rush order will be "balanced" in the same way the Faction War is ... "balanced" ... the smallest faction with the least amount of players will receive a huge bonus weighting to their score. The Vikings are currently the faction with the least amount of players therefore they will be the winners of this order.

    Anyone else care to place their bets?
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    Vikings are losing alot lately tho because all the unloyal backstabbers from other factions joined us..
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    Originally Posted by SlashingElbow Go to original post
    Vikings are losing alot lately tho because all the unloyal backstabbers from other factions joined us..
    Well the Vikings just won the first Campaign of the Faction War - I'm totally shocked and surprised by this unexpected turn of events! - so looks like the bonus weighting is still working just fine for the scandies.
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    To be fair were were losing by a huge margin not 24 hours ago... I thought we didn't stand a chance until the last resolution.
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    As long as just half of the active Vikings log in and contribute 2-3 hours playtime worth of assets the Vikings can conquer any territory no matter how well defended it is. The active Samurai by contrast have to work the Faction War like it's their second job just to keep up.

    Or as the devs would call it, "balanced".
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    In all fairness in reality vikings would win also. Knights would be a challenge but the scrawny samurais with their breakable katanas would get eaten up by vikings
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    Originally Posted by SlashingElbow Go to original post
    In all fairness in reality vikings would win also. Knights would be a challenge but the scrawny samurais with their breakable katanas would get eaten up by vikings
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    Sissy weeb swords bend and break under the heft of the beardly man weapons wielded by the vikings
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    Yep. The katana is nice for a fast little sucker slash but against real swords they break instantly
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    Maybe but arnt Katanas designed to bend when force is applied it would be hard to get enough force necessary to do it vs a European sword the katana is pretty effective
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    Originally Posted by SlashingElbow Go to original post
    Yep. The katana is nice for a fast little sucker slash but against real swords they break instantly
    Originally Posted by Devils-_-legacy Go to original post
    Maybe but arnt Katanas designed to bend when force is applied it would be hard to get enough force necessary to do it vs a European sword the katana is pretty effective
    Historically speaking, Katanas in Feudal Japan would have been made with a special sort of iron native to Japan, which was of such a quality it earned the nickname "pig iron". They were objectively worse weapons than comperable European ones. Generally, they'd be considerably more brittle than other swords, and more prone to breaking or shattering. Hence why it takes such practice and discipline to wield them.

    They could still slash and stab though, but against a European sword, the Katana and it's likes could shatter either when hitting an opponent's blade, or contact with armor or shields where a European sword could have enough flex to absorb such blows.

    Fun fact; Movies often portray Katanas as being the pinnacle of sword making, in part because of the folding technique used, but in real life, you don't have to fold good steel. The Japanese swordmakers had to fold their steel to work out as many impurities as possible just to make the sword usable.
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