User blog comment:Deathblade 100/Collab with Red Krystals: Araluen Ranger Corps (Ranger's Apprentice) vs Assassins Order (Assassin's Creed)/@comment-5795750-20160311094230

BG1's "Rangers Lead the Way... Medieval Style" Edges:

Long Range: Sure the crossbow may be considered a technological advancement over the simple bow and arrow but against the longbow, the crossbow is simply outclassed - the Welsh Longbow can arguably be fired faster than the crossbow and there is certainly more power behind each arrow fired from it

EDGE: Rangers

Medium Range: While both groups have longswords, the assassins get the one-up here with their leader's extra weapon of Altair's sword which is lighter and yet packing the same punch as the normal longsword giving Ezio a weapon edge against Gilen

EDGE: Assassins

Short Range: This one's interesting considering that the Rangers possess knives that give them a range advantage over the Assassins and yet the Assassins are carrying yet another sword which is certainly a one-up over the Rangers since this means the Assassins are technically carrying two swords... actually what the hey? I'm giving my edge to the Assassins coz now I remembered that while throwing knives are good, essentially they are useless after you throw them and they miss (unless the Rangers are that fast to retrieve them)

EDGE: Assassins

Special: The hidden blade is a surprise attack that is lethal; the strikers, as brass throwing clubs, may hurt but they are certainly not that lethal (like, it will only take one strike or stab from the blade to kill someone but it may take 2, 3, 4, maybe more to kill someone with the striker)

EDGE: Assassins

Armour: Same same

EDGE: Even

Personal X-Factor: Both perks are definitely nice but in all honesty, having read about Eagle Vision/Eagle Sense + remembering how parkour works and doesn't work in the forest setting, I have to give this to the Assassins. Sure the invisibility cloak they wear render the user invisible to the naked eye but here's the thing - Eagle Vision can still, theoretically, pick up on a person's heat signature or heartbeat which may allow the Assassins to end up catching the Rangers by surprise even though the Rangers are invisible (methinks)

EDGE: Assassins

X-Factors: Average of 67.5 for the Rangers; Average of 70 for the Assassins

EDGE: Assassins

Overall Winner: Despite being beat out in the long range category by the professional archers that is the Rangers, I believe the Assassins will win out here - while they may not be able to compete as archers with the Rangers, they definitely will overpower them in the swords and knives department; their parkour and stealth will definitely have them overcome the Rangers in the city setting and while parkour (as I have been told) is useless in a wooded setting, the Assassins still have Eagle vision to help them catch the invisible/hidden Rangers off guard. And yes Gilen may be a very good swordsman compared to Ezio, I doubt he'd be ready for a fight in which he is outnumbered (since as Wass states below, its most likely Gilen who will wield the longsword while the Rangers overall have bows and knives).