Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130819093722/@comment-77.172.125.107-20130831171219

Well, because you can cast a fireball in TES universe, no-one would feel the need to build a contraption that essentially does the same, but all of Skyrims weaponry is exactly the same as Oblivion (apart from crossbows - IF you have the DLC). But since there was heavy armor in Oblivion one would expect to see the development of armor-piercing conventional weaponry in Skyrim. I do hope the next TES has spears, pikes and halberds..