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the rapier was a small but quick sword that can go through gaps in armour so it would be a have the properties of a swordsman but ignores all melee armour, takes 4 or 5 turns and made in barracks maybe less health or more.

by Dgkfadomo777

He could be a cheap unit against strong armored units, like
Shielder or later maybe maceman.. and so on.

Patroid

Hi
Why do you smile.

Patroid

I have nothing more to say.
(read your post about commenting )

Oh

Great idea.....
Keeping in with the smile theme

Hi
Should i draw one for UNIT OF THE MONTH REWARD??
I make a UTM Topic where i have a list oilf the winners and the votes

Ok??

Patroid

Sure. But I might vote for something else, you know.

Maybe, when Daniel has time, he can make us a new place in the forum for the votes.

There was one topic for votes already maybe balint made it?
About posting: please dont post response just make a response, post only if you have something to say, good/bad if you are not decided do not do that.( patroid: if someone does not respond that means he has no opinion, that is ok.)

As myself i can have 3 reasons
- i dont really like it so i wait for others opinion to see if they like it, or they even can change my mind
- i dont yet have opinion
- i did not have time to respond only to read it ( eg. Via mobile)

We need a image for this unit

Do you have a specific idea of how it should look? It's super helpful to upload a pic for us to see kinda what you have in mind.

Rapiers were some of the finest swords money could buy, wearing a rapier was a sign of nobility. No "Cheap" unit would carry one. The rapier really only has one sword that could compete against it in a battle of best swords ever made and that is the katana. Yes I love the look of a Highlanders claymore and the utilitarian simplistic of the broad sword but the speed and finesse granted by a rapier was unparalleled and truly one of the inventions that gave Europeans the edge when ,especially the Spanish, to conquer the world.

Well.... an iron clad knight with a massive sword would probably be unfased by a rapier lol.

However, they were very effective as close combat weapons as gunpowder became more popularly used, and armor began to go extinct.

Hi!
i started to work thruh the Vote List.

He looks Mord Luke a Cowboy ;*)

patroid

Lol he does look kind of spanish. I like the hat though.

like a sombrero

Hahaha! Give him a guitar and he's a mariachi!

This pic is awesome though (maybe make his clothes black, an he could be Zorro)

It is good, but the sword looks like a scimitar, not a rapier

I don't agree about the rapier being useful against heavy armored units. The rapier was mostly used in unarmored duels.
The real strenght of that weapon is in its lenght that allowed a certain fencing technique that is very defending.
A rapier swordman should be able to dodge melee attacks with a certain chance and be very mobile.

If you make it a faster unit (like speed 4) you might make it useful against slow units with a certain equation speed based

We might use a evasion chance like: 50+(unitspeed - enemyspeed)*15
That would allow him to dodge 80% against a shielder or a elephant

Alexander82 wrote:I don't agree about the rapier being useful against heavy armored units. The rapier was mostly used in unarmored duels.
The real strenght of that weapon is in its lenght that allowed a certain fencing technique that is very defending.
A rapier swordman should be able to dodge melee attacks with a certain chance and be very mobile.

If you make it a faster unit (like speed 4) you might make it useful against slow units with a certain equation speed based

We might use a evasion chance like: 50+(unitspeed - enemyspeed)*15
That would allow him to dodge 80% against a shielder or a elephant

I have to say, when I first saw this topic "Rapier", I immediately thought about duels/fencing.
Then after reading through, I thought i was obviously mistaken about what was being discussed lol

Perhaps a 4/5 turn unit, with 2-strike ability like samurai; more mobile though.