Quote Originally Posted by ShadesWolf View Post
Two main reasons my friend

1/ euopean countries, France is an excellent example, didnt want to put the power of a unique weapon in the masses hands, as they were nervous of the power it would give them.

2/ the develpment of the fire arms, any basically trained peasant could fire one, needed no years of training or strength.

Nation states and fire arms weren't around in 600-1000 AD...

BTW, aren't argument 1 and argument 2 a bit contradictory?
We don't want to put the power of a unique weapon in their hands, which they can use highly effectively if they learn to master it by livelong practice. So we gave them fire arms, easy to use; kills everything you aim at, not unique at all.