Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-32865299-20170909170357/@comment-31200097-20170910172141

Lord Eldacar wrote: The idea of "Combat Chariots" for the Wainriders is a notion that's pretty displaced. Chariots were of little use in combat past their use by the Egyptians. They're totally impractical against troops armed with long spears and bows, not to mention that they were only used in combat before the invention of stirrups allowed cavalry to become a potent force.

The Wainriders were said to have used Chariots in a very similar manner to the ancient Britons: quick transportation to the battlefield, and using larger wagons to supply the army. Only the chieftains used chariots on the field of battle, to provide mobility and command capability. When the army was deployed for war, the "wains" were drawn up in circles to fortify campsites which were defended by the youths and elderly. Sourced from Unfinished Tales and Tolkien Gateway.

Sorry to dump exposition, but the idea of warriors riding chariots into battle was obsolete by the Roman Conquest of Britain. I sincerely hope that when the Mod team implements the Wainriders, they opt to use chariots as a mode of transportation and nomadic lifestyle, as opposed to combat machines. The wainriders should be mostly cav, the evil equivilant to rohan