User blog comment:MilenHD/Pirates vs Ottoman Janissaries/@comment-17814994-20160523150826

Elgb's "Janissaries of the Carribean: On Sultan's Tides" EDGES!!!

Short: Just one look and I have to automatically give this one to the cutlass. Its got the longer and more broad blade, and has a sword guard which is just as important. The yataghan don't impress me thatmuch. While it will slash and stab like any other sword, it lacks a guard and is just too linear, making it look like a gardening tool than a sword. EDGE: Pirates

Mid: Well, the Ottoman axe and it's freakishly huge blade is intimidating and offers more power, but the boarding pike has the range that severely counters those. A pike is easier to use as well as uses less energy than a heavy axe. EDGE: Pirates

Long: Although the inf Milen gave about the "stolen" flintlock are lacking, I can say that the muskets may have been the common pirated "trade" muskets seamen used. Trade muskets are old, low-maintenance firearms that was inferior to other muskets of its time, and also prone to misfires. However, it's still a flintlock musket as opposed to a matchlock musket. While it had faults, flintlocks are still more reliable than the primitive muskets; beating them in ease of use, rate of fire and robustness alone. EDGE: Pirates

Explosive: Well, the grenado's larger blast radius beats the Ottoman grenade. No further explanations needed. EDGE: Pirates

X-Factors: The Janissaries are professional soldiers compared to the pirates who were sea bandits and criminals. While one can argue than many pirates were former soldiers and navymen during the Queen Anne's War and other conflicts, but the Janissaries have a long military lineage that spans centuries. The latter are obviously the better trained, better experienced, better led, better armed and better skilled warriors than the former. EDGE: Janissaries

Deadliest Warrior?

Although I gave all of my weapon edges to the Pirates, I still have to give my vote to the Janissaries due to pure x-factors alone. While the Pirates have the better weapons, they are not as trained and skillful as the Janissaries. Where talking about a bunch of criminals going up against one of the most feared elite units of Ottoman Empire. These Janissaries were drilled in one of the most harshest military regimes in history, and that's something the pirates severely lack. When the battle starts, the pirates will own the Janissaries at early game with their weapons, but the Janissaries will strategize and adapt to overcome the pirates  overtime. I'm also sure that if the Janissaries do gain the upper hand, these undisciplined pirates will turn tail and run. And in the end, the Janissaries will rout and butcher them.