2 handed axes/swords on horse back?

[idiotdoomspiral]

I see everyone on youtube doing this, clearly it is op. But was this done in history? From what I know spears and one handed weapons were considerably more common ways to arm yourself on horseback.

[justfaded]

Are they op? I thought most people use swinging polearms. And bows of course

[idiotdoomspiral]

Originally posted by justfaded:

Are they op? I thought most people use swinging polearms.

I said two handed axe, that is a swinging polearm.

[Miles]

Originally posted by Mitch Conner:

Originally posted by justfaded:

Are they op? I thought most people use swinging polearms.

I said two handed axe, that is a swinging pole-arm.

No Two Handed Axe still falls under a Two handed AXE a pole arm would be a Spear, Javelin, Halberd, or glaive type weapon. That's why using a two handed axe levels up your two-handed weapon skill vs your pole-arm skill.

But in terms of game logic, yes two-handed weapons are strong as can be on horse back, granted a pole-arm you can couch with on horse back is the strongest plunk you'll ever experience and the greatest joy when you poke someone for 500dmg.

[Urmel]

bannerlord is a game.

and in this game you have limited skill-points. lern only one meele fighting skill let you take other important skills.

(1h makes no dmg and spear is only usefull on horseback)

[BenShinobi]

In reality? I imagine swinging about that kind of weight on a horse would be absolute mayhem to control or if you try and use it conservatively it would just not be very efficient.

That said, riding around whacking dudes with a great axe/sword makes you feel like THE Gigachad. the way damage scales with swinging weapons with their length (I think because it calculates there naturally being more speed) is crazy. Glaives might as well be lightsabers.

[idiotdoomspiral]

Originally posted by Oomile:

Originally posted by Mitch Conner:

I said two handed axe, that is a swinging pole-arm.

No Two Handed Axe still falls under a Two handed AXE a pole arm would be a Spear, Javelin, Halberd, or glaive type weapon. That's why using a two handed axe levels up your two-handed weapon skill vs your pole-arm skill.

But in terms of game logic, yes two-handed weapons are strong as can be on horse back, granted a pole-arm you can couch with on horse back is the strongest plunk you'll ever experience and the greatest joy when you poke someone for 500dmg.

Fair enough, in game terms, but in real life a 2 handed axe is a polearm.

[pelerinli]

If you chopped wood or used big axe for cutting meat, you would've understand it is something a weak body can do, an average body to continously do. You need both balance and strenght.

That being said, of course some dude used swords or axes or something like you described. But in my opinion minding momentum may be the first thing in mounted combat, so soldiers will not want to use a heavy-on-end weapon to throw them out of balance.

Basically what @BenShinobi tells.

[justfaded]

I think he just wanted to say that he's a medieval war expert and the game isn't realistic.

[idiotdoomspiral]

Originally posted by justfaded:

I think he just wanted to say that he's a medieval war expert and the game isn't realistic.

It just looks wrong to me, I just wanted to see what others thought. It may turn out they were used in certain cultures.