Re: (TFT) stainless sword and pole arms

["Charles Gadda" <cgadda@earthlink.net>]

> > Perhaps you are right, but again this goes back to the basic question:
> "What
> > soldier in his right mind carries something heavy and useless into
> battle?"
> > History is replete with examples of soldiers discarding burdensome and
> even
> > useful/needed equipment, to say nothing of stuff that served no
practical
> > purpose, so why not ditch the pole axe if it can't do the job? Something
> > just doesn't add up here.
>
> Because apparently, nothing did the job hand to hand, if you're talking
> about killing the other guy outright. You don't have to kill the other guy
> through his armor to take him out of the battle.

I think I see what you're getting at, but what does a pole arm do for me
that a lighter weapon wont?
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