Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24479348-20131203044432/@comment-4722218-20180601160415

All this talk about CQC is bullshit. It was pointed out many times that swinging a Battleaxe is just as silly as using a spear. This is no valid point. No downsides for spears. We are not talking about 5m. We are talking about 1x - 1.5x the length of a greatsword.

As for it making no sense against armour: Up against to steel plate and any comparable armour from an armour value POV, a spear is VERY EASILY piercing even if it comes on a clean armour part. With more advanced material you'd still get additional piercing quality. So no worries for piercing.

The wooden handle is not a thing to consider because they can be coated / reinforced with metal. Not made from it, but reinforced by it.

There are some stabbing animations in the game already: Backwards power attack with swords/greatswords and normal power attack with a dagger in the left hand. They could have easily added those as normal stabbing animations.

Historically, spears were wide spread and they don't have to be used entirely for army fighting. You can easily fight 1on1 with spears.

Finally, spears are just awesome. Just look at the movie 300. Tell me, don't you wanna walk around as Leonidas, using your spear with your precision as he did? Spear and shield is just an amazing gameplay.

Zlorfik (talk) 16:04, June 1, 2018 (UTC)