I mean, generally speaking, sending pikemen against a people famous for riding horses sounds smart to me lol
147 0 ReplyYeah, I don't understand why people are confused by this. Haha
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It is said he rejected reason for madness.
52 0 ReplyHe had sappers. And yeah Pike beats horse.
46 0 ReplyLadders too.
15 0 ReplyI'd hate to climb a ladder with a pike
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Except when there's light in the pikemen's eyes apparently
8 0 Reply"Captain Ugnark, should we be worried about leaving our rear open to a cavalry charge?"
"Gobruk, you fool! That's a 60-degree slope, there's no way that horses could safely charge down it."
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This is AoE 101
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The Battle of Helm's Deep is full of very obvious errors. There is an awesome Dutch historian, Roel Konijnendijk, who trashes movies for fun that talks about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGdOXstSyk
My favourite one is when they are shouting orders to eachother. There is no way for the Elven archers to hear Aragorn's commands, or for Aragorn to hear Theoden's fallback order.
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15 0 ReplyUm, piped stopped working for me on all instances a few days ago, anybody else noticed this?
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I thought Legolas had a superior hearing, didnt he ? If yes, the elves could have heard Aragorn.
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Me and a friend discussed this and it led to an ongoing joke of pole vaulting pikemen.
15 0 ReplyWise. A wizard.
Not exactly a very experienced war lord
14 0 ReplyMore like Saruman the fool
12 0 ReplySaruman the Stinky
4 0 ReplySharky.
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Saruman the Stupid
2 0 ReplySaruman the Silly
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Saruman the silly
2 0 ReplySaruman the Unwise
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Every Total War Player knows how this feels "let's take this city real qui... Wait?! Who the fuck put the pikes into this army?!"
8 0 ReplyWise once there is a breach. which is what they planned for.
7 0 ReplyHere's an eight part series by a historian on which parts of the battle are realistic within the world and which are not, in case that kind of thing is interesting to you:
6 0 ReplyI’ve already read it before, but it’s so so good.
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Lol
:P
1 0 ReplyWalled shelter
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