they need to lower alot of the spears as they are now the "old" katanas of the game(war spear, red tassel spear, awlpike, etc)
spears in actuality are crappy in single combat because wooden shafts aren't like the quasi-titanium ingame that can block 18 great axe blows, vs swords/axes spears tend to break or get their pointed ends chopped off, honestly all spears shouldn't even have side swings as whoever bludgeoned someone in history with a spear(hint its no one)
ingame however you have crazies bludgeoning people to death with spears like it was a club and crotch thrusting at 1 milimeter range for full damage because of the hitbox problem with pikes, honestly just based on the fail hitbox all spears should get a damage nerf
yea take it down a few notches, spears should be great in team, horse rear and shield use, but bad in 1v1's