User blog comment:WILDSTARSKAORI/Septimius Severus vs Liu Bei/@comment-5795750-20141126042628

BG1's "This is how a vote is done" Edges:

Sidearms - Now this comparison seems very familiar to me... ah yes I've seen something like being used in this battle here. And you know what? What has been said in that battle with the sword vs dagger comparison I can also say here - despite the pugio dagger being a compact and concealable weapon, it falls short (figuratively and literally speaking) of the dao sword which can slice and dice far more aerodynamically than the pugio can stab

EDGE: Liu Bei

Standard - The length may vary and it may turn out that the jian may be shorter than the gladius but generally between the two weapons, jians as swords were lighter than gladii and I believe that that characteristic is the factor that tips the scale towards the Chinese in this otherwise comparison of equally deadly swords

EDGE: Liu Bei

Long: The Romans were not very well known for their archery skills - they preferred to use horse archers to those on foot; given that the comparison between the two composite bows (the arcus and chinese composite bow) are even. Between the spears, the edge there goes to the Qiang as it is a longer polearm than the hasta, is used for both thrusting and slashing as opposed to the hasta's thrust-only attack plus that little tassel at the end is a perfect form of distraction. Now between the crossbow and javelin... both are shitty with regards to accuracy and perhaps power too given the armour both sides are wearing but I give it to the crossbow because of its larger ammo count (I mean, the javelin is a throw-away weapon that could embarrassingly and potentially be used by the opponent against the thrower)

EDGE: Liu Bei

TBF (I will finish the vote later)