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Bronf
 Post subject: boarding pikes
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:15 pm 
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just asking if they can be used as pikes and not just spears because it says (spear) next to it since im going to be using them soon and dont want any confusion.
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 Post subject: Re: boarding pikes
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:30 pm 
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It cannot be used as a pike. That's why they put "spear" in parenthesis

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 Post subject: Re: boarding pikes
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:19 pm 
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silly GW for saying it as a boarding pike when it would of saved some ink by just saying spear.
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 Post subject: Re: boarding pikes
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:51 pm 
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Well they're trying to stay true to the historical weapons. A spear used in ship to ship combat was called a boarding pike

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 Post subject: Re: boarding pikes
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:17 pm 
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might as well call their shields bucklers then but ok fair enough :)
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