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    EBII Hod Carrier Member QuintusSertorius's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by saka-rauka1 View Post
    Doesn't seem like there was any way to use a spear in the conditions described here. A spear's principle advantage is reach, which you don't have anymore; add to that the fact that they apparently broke often, and it seems that carrying one instead of a sword would just be ridiculous.
    Later phalangites might have lacked a backup weapon, but no one ever used a spear instead of a sword. You carried both, the spear was primary and as throughout the ages the sword was the backup weapon of choice.

    Colour me totally unconvinced by that rather comical display.
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    That's like saying a knife beats a gun if the gun can't shoot at you.
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