Quote Originally Posted by Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe
Also, after MTW1 1.0, there were a lot of complain about cavalry being too weak, that led to some horrendous balancing decision, and eventually, all spears and pikes became completly useless.

Louis,
Spears and pikes were not made weaker so cavalry could become stronger. Spears became more expensive because people complained about how weak the swords were. As the upkeep stayed the same it had hardly any effect for SP but for MP it had a devastating effect.


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