Equipment/Realism/Whatever (poll inside)

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Full plate armour for man and horse owned by Sigismund II Augustus (r. 1548–1569)

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The two-handed flame-bladed sword is called flambard, flammard or by the German Flammenschwert (literally "flame sword"). These swords are very similar to two-handed sword or Zweihänder. The only difference being the blade. Like other zweihänder they were used during the 16th century by the Landsknechts, by well-trained and experienced swordsmen, called Doppelsöldner (double mercenary) because they received double pay.

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The maul is a long-handled hammer with a heavy metal head, either of lead or iron. It is similar in appearance and function to a modern sledgehammer but is sometimes shown as having a spear-like spike on the fore-end of the haft.

The use of the maul as a weapon seems to date from the later 14th century....
A particular use of the maul was by archers in the 15th and 16th centuries. At the Battle of Agincourt, English longbowmen are recorded as using lead mauls...

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[Herkkutatti666]

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[Gnjus]

That's what i get (idiotic comments) for being too lazy to write an essay instead of going short. Typical.

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Note that this wasn't an actually suggestion but a quick survey (as noted in the first post) although i admit - I didn't make my case quite clear due to laziness, my fault.
Lets look at the situation once more (this is where I'd like some competent person to reply (for a change):

Can we at least agree on these facts:

1. Mount & Blade is clearly based on human history rather then Fantasy, no matter the names of factions/universe/whatever. Yes or No?

2. Mount & Blade is clearly focused on era before firearms, If I'm not mistaken oKin or someone was saying something about 9-13th century and they stated there's no chance whatsoever of any firearms to be added into this mod. Yes or No ?

3. cRPG devs thrive to realism as much as the situation allows so far, they strongly reject the inclusion of any stuff without them having a valid historical reference. Yes or No ?

4. With all these points in mind - wouldn't it be logical to exclude items from an era which is too "high" for the targeted period of this game ? Yes or No ?


The items i mentioned are just a few examples and everyone seems to be grasping on pikes, naturally what i meant was "either fix it remove it" (as its not historically inaccurate but only flawed in-game, this might be a case separated from this subject) and i didn't list everything that would fit into this category.

Anyways - I'm done with this subject as its obvious that none important will ever respond, only trolls & derailers (note that i have enough experience in that department to be able to recognize them on sight ).