User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/The Forged (Fallout 4) VS The Followers of Yermak (DiplexHeated's Wasteland)/@comment-26865010-20171006175954

GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER!

Pistol: A clear cut edge for the Forged. The N99 fires a larger cartridge and has a larger magazine. The Makarov is lighter, but that is not gonna turn any tables in this fight, no sir!

Edge: The Forged

Close Range: The Flamethrower is a beast in close range, and the Followers do not have any protection against the fire-spitting weapon if they are within the Flamer operator's range. However, it has pitiful range that limits its effective usage and it is heavy and unwieldy. If the Flamer's operator is caught out in the open, he/she will be an easy target, since he/she cannot fire (unintentional pun) at the aggressors nor get out of the way quickly without ditching the weapon. The AA-12 is a much more versatile weapon.

Edge: Followers of Yermak

Assault Rifle: It would appear that the 5.56mm Rifle was developed specifically for Power Armor troops, it's heavy weight would be mitigated by the increased strength the Power Armor gives to its operator. But since The Forged only have one suit of Power Armor, these rifles will be used non-Power Armor-using thugs, unless Slag wields one, of course. The AK-74 is a reliable weapon that can be used with ease, such ease in fact that even a child could use one. And in some places, they have. The AK-74 gets the edge for its ease-of-use and lighter weight.

Edge: Followers of Yermak

Explosive: The RGD-5 is an anti-personel weapon. The Molotov in an anti-tank weapon. NEXT!

Edge: Followers of Yermak

Vehicle (is the Power Armor a vehicle?): The Technical allows the transport of troops from point A to point B, and its heave caliber machine gun will lay waste to any Forged foolish or unlucky to be in its way. The Power Armor is nice for personal defense, but the Technical's (or as I call it: "The Texas Parade Float") ability to move troops coupled with its firepower takes the cake.

WINNER: THE FOLLOWERS OF YERMAK

The Followers superior firearms, stealth and tactics will stomp the Forged. While the Forged are very intimidating, with their Power Armor (which the Followers have never encountered), flamethrowers that double as a psychological weapon and sheer brutality, the impracticality of their weapons are what allows the Followers to win this clash between the cults.