Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26429944-20161103113453/@comment-25841881-20161104012653

The weren't really terrifying, powerful weapons in that sense. You wouldn't run around the battlefield smacking people or stabbing them with a pike or lance. A lance gets its power from the momentum of your charge, and would be absolutely ridiculous to use as a weapon for swinging and stabbing, as it is now. A pike? Well, a pikeman is basically a brick. For a pikeman to be useful, they have to be in formation with other pikemen. A single pike is a heavy, unwieldy thing. For it to be used effectively, there has to be a reason for the person to not just go around the point.. Like another point where he'd go to be around the point. You're right though, when used properly, lances and pikes could be devastating weapons.. And they honestly currently are, in the mod, even if they aren't at all used in a way like they'd be in real life.