Re: Pike vs Cavalry
I think that this entire discussion in fact WOULD be helped out by a good dosage of semantic reasoning (after just spending 20 minutes arguing with, and researching with my roommate, to define this, so it can be discussed effectively.
For all purposes, all long thrusting weapons should be described as a "spear". If you mean to refer to the specific weapon called a Spear in-game, it would be best to refer to it as a "short spear", else for the purposes of this discussion, any usage of the word "spear" could and should be seen as saying "long spear".
To clarify, the Pike and the Sarissa are in fact very different weapons, originating in very different times, with very different usage. Yet, they both do fall under the broad classification of "spear".
Also to clarify, the Sarissa may have been used as early as 3000 BC, and the Pike did not see use until circa 500 AD. They had different designs, and different uses. They were both spears. If we agree on terminology, maybe, just maybe, we can understand eachother, and our differing ideas, just a little bit better.
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