User blog comment:BeastMan14/Terrorist Showdown: Cobra vs The League of Shadows vs The Inner Circle/@comment-5795750-20130326220135

BG1's "Wipe Them Out... All of the Them!" Edges:

Short Range: Out of the three, it seems to me that the FN Five-Seven dominates here - the Tokarev is a good pistol but it lacks the firepower and ammo size the Five-Seven has; also, while the double-barrelled shotgun has a great deal of firepower and perhaps a range advantage (since it is a shotgun), it doesn't have a high ammo clip - it may be quick to reload but...

EDGE: Inner Circle

Medium Range: The Skorpion is immediately out since it lacks range and firepower (may put a lot of rounds into someone but...). Now the Uzi and the PP90M1... the Uzi has a greater stopping power but the PP90M1 is a lighter weapon with a higher rate of fire...

EDGE: Tie between Inner Circle and League of Shadows

Long Range: The H&K G36 is the most accurate of the three plus it has a higher rate of fire and stopping power; the other two guns have a weight advantage but thats about as far as the advantage for those two go

EDGE: League of Shadows

Explosive: The Semtex and RGD-5 can be thrown but the Semtex also can planted so thats why it is superior over the RGD-5 (versatility). At the end of the day, the M79 Thumper wins out because it holds a lot more grenades in its clip and it has a larger range

EDGE: Inner Circle

X-Factors: Average of 90.8 for Cobra, Average of 96 for LoS, Average of 93.6 for Inner Circle

EDGE: LoS

Overall Winner: It looks and seems as if LoS win out here but I disagree with the results; as far as I'm concerned, the LoS lacks experience - sure they have been facing off against a superhero, it took a city police force to stop them i.e. they were primarily created to destroy Gotham; the other two organisations were created to destroy THE WORLD! Both Cobra and Inner Circle came close to achieving their goals but Inner Circle were more successfully closer; also Barsad is former militia (as someone pointed out) while Makarov is ex-Spetsnaz and has strong credo that makes him outwit both Barsad and the Cobra Commander as well as be a better leader over his squad too/ Therefore, the overall winner for me is the very dangerous Inner Circle