Melee Power Rankings Chart

[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by PvK:
Wow, that's quite a table!

As for Ulm one-handers being better with chainmail than plate (in some cases), that is because the plate drives their defense down, which can be quite good with chainmail. It then depends on how hard-hitting your opponent is, which also shows up in these tables. Ulm one-handers do a little better with plate than chain when all the units (including cavalry) are included.

There's one more reason... encumbrance. Ulm 1-handed weapon Users have a tower shield that gives 2 extra encumbrance. With an encumbrance of 10, they start taking defense penalties after round 1, attack penalties after round 2, and don't Last very long before hostile attacks are mostly armor-piercing due to high fatigue. You can see this in the huge difference between Ulm's Deathmatch scores (the battles Last until a kill is made) and Gauntlet scores (the battles Last for about 40 rounds each).

And again, Ulm 2H weapon Users have such a low defense that it is irrelevant - everything hits. But Ulm 1H weapon Users, with the shield and chain, have a high enough defense that it is relevant... so going to full plate reduces the defense by an important amount.

-Cherry

P.S.

Originally posted by aldin:
Very kewl Cherry - 'course I'm playing Caelum right now and those weak birdies are mysteriously missing , but very kewl nonetheless!

~Aldin

Actually, I just added Caelum=) I'll run them tonight and post the results.

[ January 03, 2004, 00:28: Message edited by: Saber Cherry ]