Way of the Spear

[Banok]

forcefield shield is bad enough on foot, on horse its simply ridonkulous. sometimes you stab a horseman to his back and hear his shield block it through his body.

[karasu]

   Due to all the magic shielding BS around, and not having smart team mates with you most of the time or a "decent" pokey with you, you'd want to have a decent side weapon since bamboo spear is 2 slots only.
   Rearing and instantly switching weapons to slash head or legs like a maniac should work fine.

Hope it helps, moisty.

[Prpavi]

cheers m8! yes when i hit lvl 32 i do plan to carry my Katana with me, we'll see how that works.

[karasu]

Until then, the LHB should work just fine too.

[Prpavi]

Until then, the LHB should work just fine too.

Got that too (+3 ) but i try atleast for now not to play with a sidearm, a bit of a personal challenge.

Also makes me think more while playing and improves my piking.

[karasu]

Yeah I know the feel, distracts me a lot to have a side weap while using the pike, just as it distracts me to have a shield on the back being a 2h or polearm. A bit of OCD methinks. 

[Canary]

Like Teeth said, try to position yourself to the side of the horse and aim at the legs. You get a wider viable target that way, and if the horse starts turning it's less likely to maneuver your weapon into the rider's block. If the guy starts riding off away from you you may be able to hit him in the back as he goes, too.

If you're super crafty you could even try to get behind him while his horse is rearing up to get past his block. If he's paying attention that's usually not worth trying unless you've got teammates around for him to pay attention to, though, because forcefield is strong.

In my experience, a bamboo spear is a fine and solid enough weapon to carry on its own, since you have it masterworked. Just remember not to rely too much on the overhead! OH YEAH THEY BUFFED THE OVERHEAD DAMAGE!

[Tanken]

Please. PLEASE. I only listened to the first page of comments and they're all like "AIM FER DA HEDD HUR HUR" Yeah that's okay, HOWEVER. There's a better way to do this. There is a double-hit glitch that has been in Native Warband forever that you can abuse. How you do it is aim for the horse's front feet. The second you know your weapon is going to make impact, IMMEDIATELY jerk your mouse upward and not only will you deal massive damage to the horse--YOU ALSO HIT THE RIDER!

I recommend having some cav friend let you try it on them in duel server a few times--It's really easy to get the hang of, and once you start doing it a few times it will grow into your playstyle. It is also why sometimes you'll see a horse get reared, and a rider killed, in one stab.



Thank me later.

[Macropus]

I recommend having some cav friend let you try it on them in duel server a few times--It's really easy to get the hang of, and once you start doing it a few times it will grow into your playstyle. It is also why sometimes you'll see a horse get reared, and a rider killed, in one stab.



Thank me later.

Interesting, although double hits (horse+rider) happen a lot when you hit the horse through the riders leg (or at least it looks like that).

[Tore]

Bamboo spear best spear

[Ronin]

a good spear is a spear which you can use with a shield.