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[Taricus]

Actually we do have bucklers. Besides, even if we didn't have shields, it's the weight and mass of the weapon; a smaller weapon is easier to swing and requires less space between us and the enemy so they can't screw us up by getting in close.

[evictedSaint]

1)  Long Range Mindreading         evictedSaint
2)  Anti-Armor Infantry Weapon    Taricus

In the interest of figuring out which direction we want to go for our revision, I'm going to start tallying votes. If you would like to include a different idea, please let me know.

[Sosoku234]

We could make the sword into a hunga munga.

[Taricus]

That seems WAY too impractical.

[NUKE9.13]

Actually we do have bucklers. Besides, even if we didn't have shields, it's the weight and mass of the weapon; a smaller weapon is easier to swing and requires less space between us and the enemy so they can't screw us up by getting in close.

The buckler description mentions it does not preclude using a two-handed weapon.
Our troops are trained to use spears. I think we'd need a design action to incorporate the necessary retraining to have them use a close-range weapon effectively. Whereas going from spear to halberd is a much easier transition.
I wouldn't worry about the enemy getting too close for polearms to be effective. After all, they did just fine with spears up till now.

We could make the sword into a hunga munga.

Would probably fall into the expensive category, just like swords.

[Taricus]

Alright, I'll support halberds then.

[Sosoku234]

Alright, I'll support halberds then.

+1

[NUKE9.13]

Well, in the interest of reaching a consensus (under the belief that both options will probably have a similar effect if successful), I'll go with +1 to Halberds

[evictedSaint]

1)  Long Range Mindreading         evictedSaint, Kashyyk
2)  Anti-Armor Infantry Weapon    Taricus, Nuke, Sosoku, S34N1C

Let's not forget, we held the plains WITHOUT the Hammer, mind reading, or poleaxes.  Back when we were being decimated by fireballs, our superior intel kept us from being destroyed utterly - I really think mind reading would be the best thing we could give ourselves.  It's an entire spell we're not using at all.

[S34N1C]

+1 halberds

[Taricus]

The difference being that we can't beat fireballs with normal equipment, and magic is too expensive to really deal with their heavy armour cost effectively.

[Sosoku234]

Would you guys be opposed to, in a future design phase, making an ironclad to break the stalemate at sea?

[Taricus]

We don't have the motive power for an ironclad. We'd need to develop a more reliable and powerful propulsion system for the ships.

[Sosoku234]

That's why we do it later.

I only said we do it at some future point

[Taricus]

They already have oars, and those ships are hardly faster than ours on a good day.. We're going to need something with the power output of a steam engine before we cdan do ironclads. Not to mention we'd need to make sure it doesn't sink.