Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-30303386-20171215032426/@comment-32865299-20171216171713

BobPeterson8000 wrote: Kickratgames wrote: BobPeterson8000 wrote: Nay, not axes, most Norse warriors used spears, bows, and swords. Just saying. HAH!! Yes Norsemen used those too but the most prominent weapon they used was the Axe and Sword, the Sword was for the men who were to weak to use an Axe (Because of weight). Bows and Spears were unliked by them for whatever reasons. Their use of the Axe and Sword is one of the few things modern pop culture got right.

Sorry if I'm kinda annyoing, because however passionate you are multiply by 10 and you'll get me!

The most prominent Viking weapon was the spear, followed by the bow, then the axe. The sword was very last because it was very expensive to make one. Axes were mostly used by levy-men, and it was their wood-cutting axe. Long-bows were used as armies drew closer together. Then as the fighting started, men used short-bows, running through fighting men and shooting at close range.

If you want to be passionate about it, you should know all the details. Have a merry Yule this year. No it wasn't the spears most prominent use in Northern Europe was by Germans. Vikings had a distaste for Bows. Long Bows were only employed by British armies, and yes axes were used by Levy men of other Medieval armies.

Vikings don't appear in the Middle ages. By then Raiding had stopped happening and the Norse converted to Christianity. Vikings only appear in the dark ages where they raided for loot and fame.

That is not how short bows were used at all. Short bows were used by men who could not afford a more powerful bow (I.E: Recurves, Self bows, etc)

HAH!!!! I know almost every detail about Vikings! I realise that you know about Vikings (Albeit wrongly) but you are getting facts wrong. Spears were used because they were cheap and Peasants could afford them. Vikings had a distaste for spears because they were for Peasants.

Vikings prominetly used Axes because they carried a lot of force and could shatter an enemy shield. Vikings only appear in the Dark ages when they started raiding and Colonising. During the middle ages they converted to Christianity and feudalism and stopped raiding.

My side of the argument is over, it's obvious you have knowledge of Medieval Viking predesscors but no knowledge of true vikings!