User blog comment:MilenHD/Pirates vs Ottoman Janissaries/@comment-5232784-20160526200615

Pirates? Surely you Jannissary, I mean jest!

1. Short range

No contest: the cutlass is longe by a foot and has an extra pound, thus having both more range and more punch.

EDGE: PIRATES!!!!

2. Mid range

The Ottoman Axe will have more striking power, but the boarding pike has more range, and is a thrusting weapon. Though a pike wont do well in blocking an incoming axe, I'd hate to have to raise an axe for a shot while someone is charging me head one with a 8 foot pike.

EDGE: PIRATES!

3. Long range

Both the flintlock and the matchlock have the same range, though the flintlock is prone to jamming. However, during a rainstorm, the matchlock wont work (the water hitting the match). The Jannisaries were better marksmen, and while it doesn't always storm, the flintlock can jam at any time.

EDGE: JANNISSARIES!

4. explosives

While both grenades have a blast radius of 10 feet, the Pirate's grenado has an extra foot of frag radius to the Jannissarie's grenade.

EDGE: PIRATES!

5. X Factors

Pirates have the edge in brutality, but lack in marksmanship, armor and training. This is a severe, posibly fatal weakness

TBC