two hand weapons and horses

[IvanLeTerrible]

Hi guys. May I use a twohanded weapon while riding a horse?

[Enderminion]

If a weapon says "can't be used on horseback" you can't use it on horseback, if it DOES NOT say "can't be used on horseback" then you can use it on horseback

[IvanLeTerrible]

Ok, thanks. It was a stupid question, I know. But I am still new to the game.

[AttilaWalker]

You can if the desctiption does't states otherwise, but you'll recieve a penalty for damage and attack speed. Same with 1h/2h weapons.

[Andritern]

Yes you can with all twohanders and most polearms, it's ridiculous though

[Ender]

two handers are pretty nice on horseback, they have enough reach to hit guys, but swing a little slower than if u werent mounted

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by andritern:

Yes you can with all twohanders and most polearms, it's ridiculous though

There is nothing ridiculous about using many two handed swords from horseback, notably the European longsword or the Japanese tachi. Not the actual "two handed swords" of the late medieval period, but those are not in the game anyway - what Mount and Blade has are clearly longswords.

As for polearms, most of them cannot be swung on horseback - you can only use them to couch or poke. Which is fine.

[Andritern]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

Originally posted by andritern:

Yes you can with all twohanders and most polearms, it's ridiculous though

There is nothing ridiculous about using many two handed swords from horseback, notably the European longsword or the Japanese tachi. Not the actual "two handed swords" of the late medieval period, but those are not in the game anyway - what Mount and Blade has are clearly longswords.

As for polearms, most of them cannot be swung on horseback - you can only use them to couch or poke. Which is fine.

I agree that the one handed/two handed longswords named b.astard sword and heavy b.astard sword should be able to be used from horseback.
What is b.ullshit is that you can swing weapons like the shorter bardiches, the pure two handed swords, the long two handed axes, and even mauls with one hand from horseback. What is also really lame is that you can use big unbalanced polearms like the poleaxe as a spear/lance from horseback

[Sohei]

Originally posted by andritern:

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

There is nothing ridiculous about using many two handed swords from horseback, notably the European longsword or the Japanese tachi. Not the actual "two handed swords" of the late medieval period, but those are not in the game anyway - what Mount and Blade has are clearly longswords.

As for polearms, most of them cannot be swung on horseback - you can only use them to couch or poke. Which is fine.

I agree that the one handed/two handed longswords named b.astard sword and heavy b.astard sword should be able to be used from horseback.
What is b.ullshit is that you can swing weapons like the shorter bardiches, the pure two handed swords, the long two handed axes, and even mauls with one hand from horseback. What is also really lame is that you can use big unbalanced polearms like the poleaxe as a spear/lance from horseback

You can change all of this yourself with free tools. You can modify the weapons to perform however you like or download a mod that has similar restrictions already.

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by andritern:

What is b.ullshit is that you can swing weapons like the shorter bardiches, the pure two handed swords, the long two handed axes, and even mauls with one hand from horseback. What is also really lame is that you can use big unbalanced polearms like the poleaxe as a spear/lance from horseback

As I said above, Native Warband has no true two handed sword, which was a monstrosity that is better classified as a polearm, and was developed to defeat pikes. What you call 'pure' two handed swords are swords that barely exceed one meter in length and weight slightly more than a kilo. Definitely usable from horseback. They would be clumsy, which is modeled by the fact that they are both slower and cut less well, from horseback, than any of the sabers.

Bardishes, at least the Russian variant developed for стрельцы, is definitely usable from horseback. As a matter of fact, it was standard equipment for the Moscovi dragoons, and has been used historically multiple times while mounted, for hit and run raids and for slaughtering routed troops.

Mauls. Ok, that is pure bиllsнiт, but unfortunately, you cannot find true mauls in any video game... well apart from some of the better Mount and Blade mods. Ever since Cohan's opening scene, mauls have been portrayed in a way that has become too ingrained in Western consciousness. Real mauls have nothing to do with 15l displacing wooden hammers[i.imgur.com], but that's what people think they are.

[Fumbles]

Press x with the Great Long Axe, the one that does 54 damage. That way you wont thrust with it like an idiot, yes this works from horseback.

[Andritern]

I think that the warband two handers is maybe depicted a bit larger and heavier than their oakeshott typology counterparts, at least the warband greatsword and sword of war feels very large. And the fact that you wear them on the back (which is bs) and not in a hilt, supports the fact that they are supposed to be pure two handers in warband.
And if they are going to make them usable from horseback, why can't you use them with a shield? It is probably realistic that you that use CAN use them from horseback, but when doing so, the weapons often feel more effective than the shorter swords intended for cavalry.

Haven't heard of the russian use of bardiches combined with horses, but I can understand how it could be effective against fleeing troops.