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Originally Posted by cillian
I've noticed that in movies they always have the hero using a sword, there is something heroic about them and maybe all the slashing looks better on the camera. Yet historically the main weapon for just about every army was the spear, which evolved into the pike for footmen and the lance for horsemen, even the vikings used spears even though we think of them as wielding axes.
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The spear is the king of close quarter battle
The sword is the queen.. they were almost always a backup weapon (Great swords aside)
In a medieval situation my primary weapon would be a longbow, then a good 6 to 7 foot spear, then an appropriate sword