Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26065088-20170428203828/@comment-25841881-20170501210858

Ram6 I wrote: I know it's protective, but Plate is even stronger, people started aiming for points without protection when Plate was there becasue good plate was almost inpenetrable! Daggers became more useful because they were easy to stick in the unprotected parts, but as they started to put smaller plates on these soft spots heavy weapons started to become even more relevant as when a foe was knocked to teh ground.. well, he was screwed, so eventually the almost only option to kill someone became to knock him to the ground! I know mail is strong, but plate is stronger! Heavy weapons were not used to knock someone over. That's honestly ridiculous. What point would that serve? Literally. If they could survive an incredible amount of force being applied to their body, what point does knocking them over serve? Blunt, heavy weapons were useful as the force could be transmitted through the armour, to cause harm without needing to pierce skin.