Dont get me wrong, I use mw war spear with 100 wpf and have done for 7 generations there about. But its just a matter of stats, not to mention if anyone if half decent steps up to you, hitting them with a side swing just often glances off them. I dont need more range to 'pwn moar noobs', I am a jav cav so I am teh noob backstabbing them but I know that spears are not that loved.
I'm not arguing just from a point of experience, but also from the point of mechanics
A half decent lancer will get a good angle on someone using the warspear with no shield and then its just down to maths as to who can win. Sure the spear player can dodge out of the way but it seems a bit wrong to me that spears have to dodge out of the way of horses and not the other way round.
On the subject of the spear, sure that thing is fast but got shit all for range. Also I take that this :
In a on on 1 with a 2hander, generally, if they are my skill level or lower, I kill them.
means that if I kill anyone with 'my skill or lower' with my war spear it means the weapon is decent. Either that or I seriously underestimate my own skill.
So to sum up on spears -
- Lancers are more afraid of a 2h in lol stab than a spear user (This is what I know from my clan mates - a cavalry clan), spears not really an anti cav weapon
- Spears on anything off thrust often glance off heavy armour and the damage is pitiful on swings (with ps 5 I have to hit many opponents 5 or more times to kill them)
- Polearm stun is helpful
I guess what I am trying to say, spears should be simple to use to at least some effectiveness, however you need quite specialised builds to get on par with many average players.
