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?
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.Originally Posted by SlashingElbow Go to original post
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".
I endorse this messageOriginally Posted by SlashingElbow Go to original post
Sissy weeb swords bend and break under the heft of the beardly man weapons wielded by the vikings
Originally Posted by SlashingElbow Go to original postHistorically 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.Originally Posted by Devils-_-legacy Go to original post
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.