daveywavey wrote: » MoronicBeing wrote: » Birdie wrote: » Because in most games, spears are two handed weapons. Spears can only be used while in formation to keep the enemy troops in a distance. Also strong against cavalry. However it's not useful in 1v1 combat. You can't win with a spear and a shield! (That's the realistic point of view of course) I know this is old but I gotta ask, this is a joke right? Over the last 5,000 years the vast majority of infantry in any conflict was fought with spears, this definitely includes one handed spears and shields. Swords and combatants that used them were outright rare in comparison actually. The Chinese, the Aztec, the Greek, the mesopotamian, the Japanese, the hun, the rusk, the Norse, the Ethiopian including the warrior king Memnon, and the native Americans have all throughout history used shields and spears together in combat. They did before swords existed and after swords existed and unlike swords, spears especially the short kind with long broad blades were easy to handle and far easier to kill with. A spear doesn't roll if you strike wrong like a sword does, spears always strike true and are far more dangerous especially in the hands of a farmer or shoe maker. Nobody had to study the spear to kill effectively. Formation be damned the spear is far more effective than any sword in single combat and formation.This comment is silly, you're silly. Wow, you really dug through 4 years of posts just to find one where you could insult someone! That's going above and beyond.
MoronicBeing wrote: » Birdie wrote: » Because in most games, spears are two handed weapons. Spears can only be used while in formation to keep the enemy troops in a distance. Also strong against cavalry. However it's not useful in 1v1 combat. You can't win with a spear and a shield! (That's the realistic point of view of course) I know this is old but I gotta ask, this is a joke right? Over the last 5,000 years the vast majority of infantry in any conflict was fought with spears, this definitely includes one handed spears and shields. Swords and combatants that used them were outright rare in comparison actually. The Chinese, the Aztec, the Greek, the mesopotamian, the Japanese, the hun, the rusk, the Norse, the Ethiopian including the warrior king Memnon, and the native Americans have all throughout history used shields and spears together in combat. They did before swords existed and after swords existed and unlike swords, spears especially the short kind with long broad blades were easy to handle and far easier to kill with. A spear doesn't roll if you strike wrong like a sword does, spears always strike true and are far more dangerous especially in the hands of a farmer or shoe maker. Nobody had to study the spear to kill effectively. Formation be damned the spear is far more effective than any sword in single combat and formation.This comment is silly, you're silly.
Birdie wrote: » Because in most games, spears are two handed weapons. Spears can only be used while in formation to keep the enemy troops in a distance. Also strong against cavalry. However it's not useful in 1v1 combat. You can't win with a spear and a shield! (That's the realistic point of view of course)
