User blog comment:El Alamein/Byzantine Cataphract vs. Polish Winged Hussar/@comment-143604-20120628020411

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 * Close Range- Cataphract. The Warhammer is a powerful weapon that can do some major damage to an armored opponet, but the weapon is much more limited, lacking much versatility. It's also a slow weapon that will be easier to dodge or avoid. It's a close one, but the Spathi Sword has more options and allows the Cataphract to make swifter attacks and simply wear down the Hussar while avoiding hammer blows.


 * Mid-Range- Hussar. This will mostly be a mounted battle, and the Lance is the superior mounted weapon. It's longer, giving it more range, and has some devestating potential, even against an armored opponet. The spear will be more useful once the warriors are off their horses, and could even be a horse killer in and of itself, but being a mounted battle between mounted wariors, I'm going to have to give this to the weapon superior while mounted. Mounting.


 * Long Range- Cataphract. A more traditional bow will fire faster at better range, and while I normally am pretty split on a bow vs. crossbow edge, the thing that takes this for the Cataphract is that the more traditional bow will be more useful on horseback. Attempting to reload a crossbow can be dangerous enough, but doing so on horseback? Plus, the increased rate of fire will make it's damage output higher, as there's a good chance both weapons will be missing quite a bit. Once the battle is off horseback, the Cataphract is longer ranged and will still allow the Byzantine to deal more damage.


 * Armor- Cataphract. HORSE ARMOR. BITCHES LOVE HORSE ARMOR. Having an armored horse is going to make a huge difference in this battle, prolonging the time this mounted warrior can be mounted in this mounted fight. Mounted. I'm in no poisition to argue the superiority of different forms of armor, but giving the armor to the horse is a definite edge that, while likely slowing the horse, is balanced out by making the weird ass animal last longer in the fight.


 * Deadliest Warrior- Byzantine Cataphract.

horses are weird.