Weaponry

[Cyborg]

C: I continue to batter your arm shield untill it brakes a bone, and opens up a opertunity for me to kill you.

With a two-sided axe, you could eventually, with a good blow, chop through his shield. Not to mention his extremely light armor.

[Caid Ivik]

A nice katana from as light steel as possible would be nice for quick kill. But the effect of a flail I think would be the best...

[Cyborg]

A nice katana from as light steel as possible would be nice for quick kill. But the effect of a flail I think would be the best...

A flail is somewhat clumsy though. I don't say it's a bad choice at all, but if you're not skilled, you might hit yourself with it(a true fact).

[ExSPlug]

Melee:

Hatchet, made with lightweight material(titanium maybe?), an arm's length(about 45-60cm)

Pros:

Lethal blows

High AP ability

Durable

Less heavy than a 2-edged axe...

May be wielded single-handedly

Cons:

Still quite heavy

Big gap between blows

Don't look as cool as using a sword

Ranged:

Longbow

Pros:

Long ranged

Quick RoF

Cons:

How the heck do I find the strength to pull one :( (Nowadays hunting bows reach up to 80+ pounds, I only uses 30 pounds ones archery practice...)

To tell the truth, swords are actually quite "useless" in medieval times.

[Cyborg]

To tell the truth, swords are actually quite "useless" in medieval times.

Why?

Because one would need much practice to be good with it.

An axe for instance requires less skill.

However, a person with very good sword skills, was a valuable soldier during medieval times.

[exatreide]

C: I continue to batter your arm shield untill it brakes a bone, and opens up a opertunity for me to kill you.

With a two-sided axe, you could eventually, with a good blow, chop through his shield. Not to mention his extremely light armor.

If it was a wooden shield, as it probebly would have been, but if it was a metel one, thats probebly not going to happen, thats why i said that

[Caid Ivik]

A nice katana from as light steel as possible would be nice for quick kill. But the effect of a flail I think would be the best...

A flail is somewhat clumsy though. I don't say it's a bad choice at all, but if you're not skilled, you might hit yourself with it(a true fact).

Then I should use it as a slinger or such ;D But for heavily armored cavalry it's good weapon.

[Cyborg]

yep. Sitting on a horse and charge on an opponent with a flail is a good solution. You don't risk gatting the flail back at you that easily when you are riding.

[Edric O]

My weapon of choice would be a sniper rifle, but since guns are not allowed...

I'll take a Longbow.

I like to take down my opponent before he even knows I'm there. Long range and stealth are what I need.

[Cyborg]

My weapon of choice would be a sniper rifle, but since guns are not allowed...

I'll take a Longbow.

I like to take down my opponent before he even knows I'm there. Long range and stealth are what I need.

Would you use the longbow as an assassin or warrior?

[Edric O]

As a stealthy assasin, naturally... ;)

[Caid Ivik]

yep. Sitting on a horse and charge on an opponent with a flail is a good solution. You don't risk gatting the flail back at you that easily when you are riding.

I don't know if such blunt weapons where also used in other situations. I have a question, which drives my mind for long time: were halberds used also by cavalry?

[Cyborg]

Remember to carry poison and rapiers/short sword and such too.

The most normal method of medieval assasination(I think) was to poison someone's food or to kill them when asleep. :)

[ExSPlug]

Why I said sword is quiet "useless" is because that they're too fragile.

Compared to axe, frail, mace, hammers and such, swords get blunt more easily(compared to axe), can be easily snapped in half, have low AP power(in late medieval the plate armor gets so thick that swords can't get through, more and more ppl switch to maces and frails).

Swords may have a longer effective range compared to axe and such(by trusting and stabbing), but why not use a polearm when you want range?

One more problem is that a sword is an expensive weapon...

[Edric O]

Well, as a close combat weapon I would use a heavy two-handed broadsword...

And I would keep a concealed dagger on me at all times. Nothing like a good stab in the back. :)

[Caid Ivik]

You all don't know the power of slinger. Roman slingers were known to hit eye of target from 200 metres. And were used until they were replaced by arquebuses. Big rock is always better argument against heavy knight than tiny arrow...

[Cyborg]

I don't know if such blunt weapons where also used in other situations. I have a question, which drives my mind for long time: were halberds used also by cavalry?

No.

Halberds were used by infantry to cut the feet of the enemy horses.

If you look at a halberd, you see that it curves inwards:

Normal axe:

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Halberd:

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This makes it perfect for snapping horsefeet. :)

When a halberdier cut one the enemy horse's feet off, the knight or cavalry fell down to the ground and was very easy prey :)

[Terror]

lightsaber... hah that would be awesome

[Caid Ivik]

I don't know if such blunt weapons where also used in other situations. I have a question, which drives my mind for long time: were halberds used also by cavalry?

No.

Halberds were used by infantry to cut the feet of the enemy horses.

If you look at a halberd, you see that it curves inwards:

Normal axe:

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Halberd:

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This makes it perfect for snapping horsefeet. :)

When a halberdier cut one the enemy horse's feet off, the knight or cavalry fell down to the ground and was very easy prey :)

But for i.e. cutting heads off in bigger angle than with an axe? Altough it's strange imagination ;D

[Cyborg]

I don't think cavalry used weapons with a big radius(except their lances which they used in tournaments).

When riding a horse, you are mobile enough to get close to your opponent anyway.

[Caid Ivik]

Lances just in tournaments? It was mostly used weapon by light cavalry! Altough I don't know why in all fairies show heavily armored knights with them...

[Cyborg]

hmm.

I thought light cavalry used spears to charge with.

I go check that.

*EDIT*

We seem to both be right because the cabalry used spears first. But in late medieval age, they used lances. :)

[Caid Ivik]

Lance is a word for cavalry spear according to my Oxford dictionary.

[Cyborg]

Yes, the lance was invented later in the middleage and was a special cavalryspear.

[TMA_1]

Actually, broad swords, Bastard Swords, two-handed swords and others during the european dark ages werent fragile and light like all of you say they were. A broad sword could weigh up to 40 pounds. They were good because they worked almost exactly like a blunt weapon, but the edge would cut through what it smashed.

the Long bow would not be a very stealthy weapon, those weapons were at times 6 feet long. geesh try to sneak around with that.lol