Best equipment for Strat

[Spurdospera]

Rondel daggers - very underestimated

Indeed Rondel daggers would be good choice atleast for sieges. Better than most of the other 1h weapons because it is tiny weapon (doesn´t glance on teammates) and has insane damage output (34pierce on 113 speed stab).

[Gurnisson]

Spathovaklion or Iberian Mace for shielders, I'd say. I hate Military Hammer myself and Warhammer has a useless thrust that can be a pain, and the reach is quite low. A mace in between those two could be nice for some players, I guess.

Also, if you remove the BSS, you should think about getting some other thrust-orianted 1h, preferably the Side Sword. The 1h thrust is really strong nowadays and such a weapon can be useful. I went 32/3 in a strategus siege as dismounted 1h cav with a BSS against a bunch of plate guys. The damage of it, combined with the protection of a shield and the great speed makes it a very dangerous tool.

[Corsair831]

Just curious what kind of equip do you want to see in strat siege\battle
Right now we(DRZ) usually have:
Tribal Warrior Outfit
Druzhina Mail Shirt
Heavy Kuyak
Milanese Plate
Pilgrim Hood
Litchina Helm
Sallet with Visor and Coif
Rus Cavalry Bootss
Rus Splinted Greaves
Cased Greaves
Mail Mittens
Heavy Gauntlets
Great Lance
Lance
Long Spear
Awlpike
Bec de Corbin
Great Long Bardiche
Morningstar
Longsword
Bar Mace
Great Maul
Sword of War
Broad Short Sword
Military Hammer
Arabian Cavalry Sword
Elite Scimitar
Steel Pick
Warhammer
Horseman's Heater Shield
Knightly Kite Shield
Horn Bow
Long Bow
Bodkin Arrows
Arbalest

Already convinced Vovka to replace Broad short sword with hammer for ranged players due to inefficiency of sword against plate. Heard some ppl want Russcale back. Discuss.

Also I want to curse ppl who don't buy light ranged armor(9-10kilos) & light gloves.
Leaders who buy anything exept arbalests for xbowmen should give up Strat immediately.

heavy round shield / board shield best shield for siege; catches most arrows

also, spathovaklion is much better than the military hammer, i am literally clueless why all the factions insist on taking that weapon it's awful

even the iberian mace is better than the military hammer

also, don't remove the broad short sword, it's great for sieges, you can take a siege ladder, 1 slot shield and broad short sword, which is awesome


Horseman's Heater Shield
Knightly Kite Shield - these two shields are not very wide, they get shot around by arrows a lot, if you want a light shield the "elite cavalry shield" catches a lot more arrows

other than that i think DRZ has a great gear setup; the 2nd best equipment selection in strat after shu han

[Rebelyell]

strat now is like Preupkeep C-rpg

[Osiris]

military hammer is horrible id take warhammer over it anyday iberian also amazing

[Sandersson Jankins]

Battle forks have been getting a very positive reception since we've been including them in armies. NA armies are often lacking in a non-sheathable mid-length polearm like long awlpikes, spetums, et cetera which fill a very good niche. It's often difficult to perform effective anti-cavalry duties with longspears and pikes because they're very visible and no cav players worth their salt will willingly run into them, but you can hide the shorter polearms better and get more stabs in to de-horse the guy after you rear him. I have a high opinion of bar maces for two-handed weapons, as well as great axes like jack said.

Lately in NA it has been very unwise to not equip armies with long mauls as well, they are highly effective team-fight weapons. Dudes get distracted and you can drop a nasty overhead on them for an almost guaranteed crush-through or knockdown. Its also hilarious watching two longmauls attempt to overhead one another. The damn thing can crush through near anything except for other longmauls or greatmauls.

[Osiris]

id love to have war spears but i only own one village so have to buy +3 long spears from nearby and upgrade my crap to +0