> From: Mikko Rintasaari <rintasaa_at_mail.student.oulu.fi>
> Subject: discipline
>
> Michael:
> :I am still strongly of the opinion that the Lunars are a better
> :disciplined force than the heortlings and that and that this gives them a
> :battlefield advantage.
>
> No doubt the Lunars are more disciplined. The strength of the storm is
> unpredictable and spontanious.
>
> The discipline of the Lunars gives them an advantage if the battle goes
> according to their training. But the orlanthi are much more mobile and
> unpredictable (as enemies). I still say that the orlanthi try to break up
> the enemy formations, to fight the battle man to man in a wild melee.
Which means the Orlanthi have an advanatge if it goes according to their plan. The real test of discipline is those times when things don't go according to your plan. And my belief is that the LUnars will react better in those situations than the Orlanthi (pre-Argrath).
> I'm not sure the Sartarite towns are that easy to take, btw. The
> heortlings build good defensive earthworks and know how to use
> them. Sartar built upon these, and added worked stone where it would do
> the most good.
I never through they were. I simply think that, by their very existence, they are fixed points which the Lunars can attack and the Orlanthi are forced to defend (or lose valuable resources). It forces the warmuch mroe in to a mode at which the Luanrs are superior. Even if the twn are well foritified.
Michael
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #167
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