• f314
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    These weapons were a response to increasing amounts of armor. A sword was no longer an efficient sidearm against plate armor, so bludgeoning weapons took over. Spears, lances or similar long weapons were still the primary arms both on foot and on horse, though.

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      Ah, makes sense. Weve each arrive to our respective places on earth having had goodness knows how many ancestors avoid dying in these scenarios,