20-12-2014, 09:30 PM
(20-12-2014, 09:24 PM)Tjav link Wrote:historically the italian city states used pavise crossbowmen, soldiers equipped with crossbows and big shield placed on their backs, as a way to defend themselves against enemy counterfire, logically i person using a polearm would have problems also using a shield since a proper shield weighs quite alot, so from a historical and logical point of view or shield is okay for crossbows since you can place the crossbow on the back and use the shield and ur small sidesword, while it would be rather strange to run around with a halberd and even a small shield, taking that halberds is a two handed weapon
this is just a way to perhaps clarify the classes taken from my view, and i know its a game and it doesnt have to be 100 pct correct but still, halberds and shields just doesnt really fit together in my head
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_phalanx
Everyone who carried a sarissa had a shield strapped to his arm.
No, historically a Pavise was closer to what we use Deployable Shields as, not the shields our Commandos are using in the shield line. Also the Macedonians seemed to use their sarissas and shields quite well. They conquered the known world with them after all.