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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 17:16
In real life cavalry actually will not charge through a solid wall of people unless that wall breaks in fear before the charge.  Trouble is, only the most experienced and courageous soldiers will hold steady to the last moment when horses pull up short.

Note this only applies to horses, not necessarily all cavalry-classed units (like elephants or Orcs mounted on wolves).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 04:04
Chop off the end of the pikes with big swords? lol, I know this is a fantasy game, but really, come on.
 
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Description of Pike
The weapons used during the Middle Ages include the Pike. The description of the Pike which provides basic facts and information about the weapon is as follows:

  • Pike - This weapon consisted of a sharp spike blade mounted on a wooden shaft, or pole - referred to as a pikestaff

  • This weapon had a wooden shaft, or staff, between 10 and 14 feet (3 and 4 meters) long, mounted with a steel head resembling a spear

  • Used as a versatile weapon against knights on horseback. The weapon was constantly developed and refined to include metal rims over the shaft making it even more effective against cavalry starting with knights on horseback . The pole, or staff, increased in length to become more effective fighting weapon

  • The weapon was used as a means to combat enemies on horseback. The spear end could apply significant injury to a knight in armor, or a knights horse. Horse armor was developed to counteract such injuries but the sheer force applied from a long pole, or pike, was extremely effective against horses. The Medieval horse, called a Destrier was the favored horses of knights in the Middle Ages

  • Pikemen were also armed with a dagger and a sword to enable them to battle enemies who had been unhorsed. The pike was far too unwieldy to use in close combat

  • Type or group of weapons - Polearm - A group of pole-mounted weapons. Were all variations of poles measuring between 4 and 14 feet long with different 'heads' - spikes, hammers, spears, axe etc

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 06:59
Originally posted by Olek Olek wrote:

Chop off the end of the pikes with big swords? lol, I know this is a fantasy game, but really, come on.

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That wasn't something I made up, it was a weapon that historically existed.  Thanks for that definition I guess. 
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