Strength reduces the speed penalty from equipment.
Guess the "str lowers equip burden" thing is something I reads on the forums ages ago and just assumed was true. Whoops!
Also it used to be in the description of STR on the character page.Yes, like the agility increases attack speed by 0.5% thing or whatever the number was, even though that was only true in the old Mount & Blade. Damn Taleworlds causing confusion.
Note the large effect wielded equipment has, but only on max speed. Any equipment in your hands seems to have a 2.5x modifier apart from a modifier based on it's length. So if you wanna go fast, sheath that great maul, which makes it turn into normal equipment weight. Using katanas or quarterstaffs or other very light weight weapons is a huge deal for your max speed. The strength reduces weight penalty is just not true and has been not true for a very long time, not sure of it ever was. It keeps popping up everywhere, anytime I see it I debunk it, but these myths are hard to kill.
Worst thing about having low acceleration is that it also means you have a low deacceleration, makes you slide into the enemy's range when you don't want to.
Yes, like the agility increases attack speed by 0.5% thing or whatever the number was, even though that was only true in the old Mount & Blade. Damn Taleworlds causing confusion.