Whats the deal with spears / ''Polearms'' ?

[Tribe Reimanen]

I want to have a weapon that i can stab with while on a horse, Like a lance. i know those arent in the game, so i wanted to have a Spear. When i look up spears online, i read that all of them ''cant be wielded''. Whats up with that? Theire in the game but i cant use them? If they ARE usable, what are some locations where i can get one?

[GrannYgraine]

PafunaMT eredeti hozzászólása:

Look, polearms were never meant to be 1v1 type weapons, they were best used in massed formations like the phalanx, square, or schiltron. There's a reason they are slow in game because they are very long and ungainly against just one guy.

And fast and nimble swordsmen were one of the counters against pikes, like the rodeleros of the famed Spanish tercio, because once they got in close, a guy holding what is essentially a very long tree limb was highly vulnerable to small, sharp pointed objects during close-in combat.

Next time you're up against a pikeman, take him down with a sword, any sword will do. You'll see what I mean.

Good perspective. Well done.

[CmB]

ygraineogf eredeti hozzászólása:

✪Reymii eredeti hozzászólása:

Pretty boring i cant keep it in my inventory. Then whats the point? (No pun intended)

If you use the pointy end is that a verbal assault?

maybe those swiss were a decade off establishing the folding halberd... a glaive mistake

[Ulgoroth]

GrannYgraine eredeti hozzászólása:

PafunaMT eredeti hozzászólása:

Look, polearms were never meant to be 1v1 type weapons, they were best used in massed formations like the phalanx, square, or schiltron. There's a reason they are slow in game because they are very long and ungainly against just one guy.

And fast and nimble swordsmen were one of the counters against pikes, like the rodeleros of the famed Spanish tercio, because once they got in close, a guy holding what is essentially a very long tree limb was highly vulnerable to small, sharp pointed objects during close-in combat.

Next time you're up against a pikeman, take him down with a sword, any sword will do. You'll see what I mean.

Good perspective. Well done.

I am so sorry for necro, but this untrue statement needs to be corrected. Polearms IRL are prety OP, in combat the reach advantage is what wins fights, Someone with short sword and without shield is kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥ againts longsword or spear man, assuming comparable skill. And mainly spears/glaives/halberds etc are far from slow weapons that media portrays them, especialy games are awful about this, Only reason why you can t stab fast in games is balance, there would be literaly no reason to use any other weapon otherwise, except ranged weapons. Swords and other onehanded weapons were sidearms, like pistol novadays, easy to carry and useable in close quarters like city streets, Anyway we should be able to pick up polearms in the game and maybe tie it to the horse as way to store it? TLDR: 4m long PIkes might be unvieldy in 1v1, but 2m spears and other shorter polearms would beat swordsman 90% of time on openfield