Quote Originally Posted by Watchman View Post
In one-on-one and diverse special situations (countering cavalry springs to mind) warriors doubtless switched between the two as needed, but for overall mass combat in close order one would assume overhand was by and large preferred - if only because it rather cut down on accidentally broken noses and poked eyes in the rear ranks. AFAIK in thin lines the rear-rankers can use the underhand style, held quite high at around shoulder level, to stab quite effectively past and between the front-rankers, but obviously even trying to depict this kind of situation-dependent detail under the various limitations of the engine is a *rather* stillborn idea...

BTW, don't the infantry of both sides mainly wield their spears overarm in the Bayeux Tapestry ? Not really all *that* relevant as such, but shieldwall is shieldwall...
Does the MII shield wall animation allow you to modify the animations for the first couple ranks like pikewall or no?