User blog comment:The Milkman/Hearthfire Announcement: My Take/@comment-3186821-20120831203037/@comment-3492791-20120831212917

Spears would require a complete reworking of the current combat system, as i've explained before. Sure, spears could work, but not with the current combat mechanics.

Come to think of it, the only combat they showed from the game jam spears with beating the crap out of some poor guy with the pole arm.