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[-] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 125 points 1 year ago

It's because people want to imagine themselves as a hero, engaging in one on one combat. A knight or samurai.

They don't want to imagine themselves as a barely trained serf in a block with 30 other people holding 3m long pikes trying not to shit yourself as arrows start to rain down.

[-] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Shit, even in one on one martial combat, give me range and I'll take it. Knife < Sword < Spear < Bow

[-] deeznutz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago

Knife < sword < spear < bow < trebuchet

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

Knife < sword < spear < bow < crossbow < trebuchet

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Knife < sword < spear < bow < crossbow < trebuchet < arbalists thrown by trebuchets

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Knife < sword < spear < bow < crossbow < trebuchet < arbalists thrown by trebuchets < napalm thrown by trebuchets

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Just don't miss with the crossbow...

[-] blackluster117@possumpat.io 3 points 1 year ago

Knife < sword < spear < bow < crossbow < WA 2000 < trebuchet

[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago

The most elegant weapon.

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

By the time of 3m pikes most infantry would be receiving pretty decent training.

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