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maxicaxi

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Halberds
« on: December 02, 2010, 02:28:53 pm »

Does anyone else think that this awesome anti-cavalry weapon should be more used in fiction?
I mean just look at it:
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2010, 02:30:04 pm »

Eh, halberds are okay.  The Dragonlance people call them hauberks which makes me raeg though.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2010, 02:30:57 pm »

Eh, halberds are okay.  The Dragonlance people call them hauberks which makes me raeg though.
wtf hauberks=ARMOR
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2010, 02:31:45 pm »

The Dragonlance people call them hauberks which makes me raeg though.

WAIT WAIT WAI-

... Oh that just made me angry right there. A MAIL TUNIC ISN'T AN ANTI CALVARY WEAPON YOU IDIOTS.

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Re: Halberds
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2010, 02:33:44 pm »

You know that, I know that, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman don't know that.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2010, 02:35:16 pm »

Halberds are my favorite DF weapon.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2010, 02:44:21 pm »

Halberds are cool, but I prefer bardiches.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2010, 02:55:21 pm »

I'm partial to good old-fashioned spears.  Also Danish axes.  Only one of those is really an anti-cavalry weapon, though you could make do with the axe.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2010, 02:58:20 pm »

I thought this was General Discussion not Specific Discussion.

Halberds are in Dwarf Fortress I think, but I don't see them that much.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2010, 03:03:59 pm »

Yes, the battleship IS awesome. But shouldn't this go in other games?

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Re: Halberds
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2010, 03:07:09 pm »

I prefer sarissas
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2010, 03:08:02 pm »

Meh, I prefer pikes for their reach but I'll take a halberd if I can't get a pike
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2010, 03:21:02 pm »

Pikes are like the AK-47s of medieval warfare. They're cheap, easy to train on, and you probably don't want to be on a horse when it's pointing at you.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2010, 03:21:33 pm »

I was scared the spambot was back to sell us halberds.

Yes halberds are sexy, but they don't allow shields and are even more screwed than spears if a sword gets in close.
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Re: Halberds
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2010, 03:46:07 pm »

You know that, I know that, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman don't know that.

Like this kind of people would know anything about actual medieval warfare:

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