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Get rid of buttlancers?

Yes, but no or little charge increase
8 (16%)
Yes, with large charge increase
16 (32%)
No
26 (52%)

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Re: Stop Buttlancers
« Reply #45 on: August 08, 2011, 11:22:03 am »
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The angle decrease was a good idea, imo. The perpendicular stabs were kind of ridiculous, and I've always wanted to see more 1h cav.

That said, buff horse HP, so that ranged doesn't take them down as easy, but melee with speed bonus still can.

Heavier lances should be couch only, but have increased length such that they outrange the longest two handers and only pikes and long spears really compete in a head on battle where neither one would miss. Two handers might still get them if they dodged the lance tip. It'd also be cool if the jousting lance was particularly long, with low blunt damage, as tourney lances were typically longer than war lances; over 4m in length.

Unrelated note: War lances were not designed to break. Tourney lances and those used in re-enactments are made to break (eg. hollow) so that they don't impale contestants. For war, lances were stouter and banded with metal to prevent such splintering. They certainly still broke in battle, but not nearly as much as in tourneys, and they were not designed to do so.