Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-33328512-20190105174003/@comment-34241117-20190107165358

Alrighty. Kudos from me, but yes, this has been suggested a bit before, and is going to be added in the forseable future, at least from what was said when Rhudel/faction was made.

Now, no need to read on, but *IronJaw nerd out moment: ON*

The Wainriders were a very Mongol-like (kindof) cavalry-based peoples, right? They allied themselves with Haradrim and the Variags of Khand to fight Gondor, yadda yadda. Anyways, long story short, they were completely defeated in the end, and retreated to the farther east. (rhun at the moment, I believe)

Anyways, nerd out mode? Here I come.

Since the Wainriders largely rode on horses and chariots, and thats even one of the speeches a Gondor soldier can say, "Beware the Wainrider in his chariot" or something, these guys would be using armor and weapons for cavalry wars. I suggest these guys to be the equivalent of Rohan just for evil factions.

They would be wearing more or less leather and thinner-plate armor for maneuverability (sorry if I butchered the spelling) for easier movement and lighter weight on the horse.

Now, wether you fight from horseback or from chariot, you will need longer, sharp weapons and thing which you can use the advantage of rushing in 30 m.p.h on a horse.

These weapons would include:

Cavalry Swords: the naming is up to Mevans and Co. but these would be long-swords. Longer, heavier swords, which you wouldn't have to worry about swinging TOO much, considering the speed you're going at is more than enough to cut someone in half, even if you're just holding it out.

Spears and Lances: of course, a long pointy stick will do a HELL of a lot of damage at such speeds. You can make a full size, human shish-kebab. So, simple wooden spears and lances with steel tips. DEADLY.

Bow and Arrows: of course, horseback archery was hard, but VERY deadly. Normal archers, yes yes.

Clubs/Maces: these things would be like a meteor slamming into you. Imaginge, you're just a gondorian soldier standing your ground, when a wainrider, going 30, runs straight at you swinging a mace. That guy just invented golf all over again, but instead of it being a goblin king head, it's now a full size man.

Chariots: these could have special spikes (the name escapes me) but I think Cleopatra's chariot had it. On the wheels, the center point had extra, long spikes sharpened from 4 sides on either side, so anyone they drive by in a 5 foot proximity will be sliced in half.

Poleaxes and Knife-poles: Long axes will be used 3x as effectively when in a chariot, and knife-poles were practically long poles with one side having an inch or two of sharp, tempered steel, just held from the side of a chariot. Sometimes even held IN BETWEEN chariots, these guys were just at head level, so anyone in between would have their head cut off. If you don't understand, here's a BEAUTIFUL picture!



So see, im not sure how or even IF this could be added, but in historical terms, the simplest weapons were often the deadliest.

So basically, almost any weapons could be used 10x better on horse or chariot.