User blog comment:El Alamein/French Revolutionary Militia vs. American Minutemen/@comment-11048590-20120821220901

THE DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS:


 * Close 1-American Minutemen. The Bayonet's blade, light weight, and length make it a much more faster and deadlier weapon than the Clubs.


 * Close 2-American Minutemen. The Tomahawk's ability to be swung and thrown give it a major range advantage here, not to mention it's Blade which is far superior compared to a Fisherman's Hook.


 * Close 3-Even. Both these weapons serve their purpose well, good one-handed, sharp weapons that deal damage in close range.


 * Close Overall-American Minutemen. The Minutemen's weapons bring in sharp blades and enough range to take down the Militia, I can imagine a tomahawk being thrown right into a Peasant's face.


 * Mid-French Revolutionary Militia. The Colichemarde brings in a superior blade length, but the Cutlass has a much much better blade that can be slashed compared to the popular thrusting action of the Colichemarde. A good hack and slash move of the Cutlass can easily take a limb off a soldier and kill him. So overall, The Cutlass' superior blade and slashing-ness of the sword will get it the edge in mid range.
 * Long-American Minutemen. The Brown Bess is firing a slightly larger musket ball in the fight, 17.5mm with the Charleville and 18mm with the Brown Bess. The Brown Bess may have a better rate of fire in the fight because it's being used by trained soldiers, so about 3 to 4 shots per minute compared to the Charleville's 2 to 3. The Charleville musket has slightly larger range in the fight, but let's look at the weight of the weapons, as that will matter a lot in the fight as well. 10 punds with the Charleville, 10.5 with the Brown Bess, so the Bess is slightly heavier. But, the Charleville's length 60 inches to the Brown Bess' 58.5, so the charleville is slightly longer. A lot of slight edges to these weapons here, but I give it to the Brown Bess because of it's superior musket ball and rate of fire.
 * Special-French Revolutionary Militia. The Minutemen have the heavier, but more powerful ball here, and the Militia have the lighter, but slightly less powerful ball. I give it to the Militia but only slightly. The rate of fire will matter a lot here and them being able to land more shots onto Minutemen will matter a lot, hell they can even take out the opposing cannon.
 * WINNER-????? I'm honestly flip-flopping here, I thought I'd vote for the Minutemen at first but the Militia have some impressive weaponry and feats on them. I'll have to decide later, EA.