pikewalls

[Angantyr]

Encourage formation battle by adding the overhead stab animation to spears and pikes (historically correct, has also worked really well in other modules), meaning people have to upblock and downblock at the same time when charging a spearwall, and balance it and make it more realistic by removing the blocking and close range capability of said weapons (lolstabbing, cheesy backwards jump and stab).

[no_rules_just_play]

Encourage formation battle by adding the overhead stab animation to spears and pikes (historically correct, has also worked really well in other modules), meaning people have to upblock and downblock at the same time when charging a spearwall, and balance it and make it more realistic by removing the blocking and close range capability of said weapons (lolstabbing, cheesy backwards jump and stab).

still this wouldnt be realistic. you can still block multiple stabs with one block as long as the enemy stabs all with the same stab.
i have played with fire and sword and still it would be able to use this effectively, the formation should have to break almost immediatelly