Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-34435400-20180411160106/@comment-34241117-20180411161827

No. Spears WERE rarely thrown by armies such as the Romans and Greeks and the knights in the medieval times, but there were other places of the world where spears were almost ALWAYS thrown, such as the more underdeveloped peoples: Aztecs, Mayans, (other jungle based tribes) etc. Therefore, it is fine to throw spears. Even the Romans had throwing spears which were smaller and lighter, and fighting spears, which were longer. The spear was made as a double fighting weapon, slicing in melee combat, and throwing when the enemy is farther away.

If I may add something on pikes: they were of different length. Personally, I use the dwarven and blue dwarven pikes, and I have trouble believing that dwarves would have 12 foot long pikes. The elves as well. Maybe Gondor could have pikes which have farther reach, but give you slowness when handling like you mentioned.