[CF-Devel] New Archetypes, New maps, +Idease

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On 29-Sep-2004 Preston Crow wrote:
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      Ahh, but bronze weapons are better than iron weapons.  (Sorry for
     
     >
     
      letting reality intrude on a game environment.)
     
     
Umm.. since when?  The iron age came after the bronze age.  If bronze weapons
were better, they would have kept making swords out of bronze.  Bronze is a
relatively soft metal that dulls easier than iron does.  Additionaly, the
forging process of iron generally imbibes it with a small amount of carbon
making a low grade steel.

I would expect a bronze sword to be less effective over it's lifetime than an
iron one, simply because it would dull quickly.  As for bronze/iron hammers,
they would be relatively similar other than mass.

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