Modern conceptions of medieval warfare drastically overestimate the amount of usage that swords saw in battle. At least that’s a thing I’ve heard.
Modern conceptions of medieval warfare drastically overestimate the amount of usage that swords saw in battle. At least that’s a thing I’ve heard.
Or the other way round. Xbox studios spins off BGS, which is then acquired by Sony as an independent studio. Literally the exact thing that happened to Bungie.
I don’t get it. Are those toppings controversial? What even are they? Pickles?
You mean Xbox mauve series XVX. Bethesda is a Microsoft property now. They’re an Xbox exclusive shop. Probably no more releases for PlayStation.
These tumblrs just reply by repeating the same joke almost verbatim. Four times. Shades of r/yourjokebutworse
I thought it had to do with communities
What does it mean “fetching communities on my home instance”?
A transcription is not an explanation
The point wasn’t that ranged attacks or siege or cavalry weapons are more important than melee weapons, though depending on the battle or the century, that may well be true.
The point was that when it comes to melee, the weapons used by your infantry was never swords. Swords are prestige weapons, expensive and heavy, wielded by wealthy knights and nobility for ceremonial purposes, duels, or tournaments. The king cannot afford to equip a thousand infantry with swords (the way you see in movies like Braveheart or LotR), and even if he could, the infantrymen have neither the skill nor strength to wield them for an extended duration.
Swords weren’t the weapon of last resort. They just weren’t included in the loadout at all, of the soldiers engaging in melee combat. So what did they use? Spears. That’s probably why the OP says spears are king.
But take it with a grain of salt cause I don’t actually know anything about medieval warfare. It’s just a thing I heard.