@Terrana@tootplanet.space @S_Nautilee@scalie.business Oh, of course, but you can hit your enemy before they can hit you is the idea!

Of course if you're trying to hit them with the end of a 7.5 meter stick.....

@Felthry @S_Nautilee@scalie.business @Terrana@tootplanet.space That's why pikes were used in huge formations, I'm not sure they were ever used by lone people

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@VoxSomniator @Terrana@tootplanet.space @S_Nautilee@scalie.business yeah I'm sure someone fighting alone would use a short spear or a completely different weapon entirely (I remember reading that maces were popular in medieval times, but I can't recall where we heard that)

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