Spears need to do more damage against horses

[chen12011]

at the moment when a horse charges full speed into a spear, at the most (Depending on spear) you get around 60ish damage done on a 200HP horse with armor. Now if you use a javelin and get a headshot, you are able to do like 150 damage. Doesnt really make sense to me.

It just makes spears practically useless. The only reason you would use a spear is too rear a horse when they charge into you, but even if you do that the horseman will be able to get away and come back 3 - 4 times because the spear does so little damage.

Most cavalry players I have encountered would easily take these chances against spearman because of how strong their horses are compared to the damage spears do.

I think that spears should receive a reverse damage buff when a fast moving horse charges into a spear so that cavalry begin to fear spears instead of just charging straight into them.

 

[Shatti]

+1
i die because of a "1 hit javelin" abuse in skirmish
while my spear keeps getting me some assists and few kills

 

[FearSpear]

I agree that most cav should be one hit with a perfectly timed spear thrust like it was in Warband.

 

[Virthuss]

I think the horses should just have less HP in general

 

[King_Arthur253]

Yes nerf javelins and buff spears please
Spears are too weak for both cav and inf atm

 

[KSHMR]

Spears are really strong in infantry at the moment. However, the soft spot (when an enemy is close) is not very well implemented. What I mean by this is that a spear with a pointy end should still be able to do considerable damage when hitting from close. As far as spear versus cav goes, I totally agree. This needs a massive fix.

 

[Caps]

Spears are really strong in infantry at the moment. However, the soft spot (when an enemy is close) is not very well implemented. What I mean by this is that a spear with a pointy end should still be able to do considerable damage when hitting from close. As far as spear versus cav goes, I totally agree. This needs a massive fix.

i dont think a spear should do dmg when very close, but pokes and glances need to be very consistent. There shouldnt be random pokes later on in the stab.

 

[Joeriig]

+1

Definitely agree with you guys! Spears do need to be effective against enemy cavalry! Imagine what would happen if we apply the speed-damage modifier of the charging horse to the spear it gets in contact with!

 

[rwX]

I agree with this. Armored horses are literally unkillable if rider is a decent player.And weapon glance/armor thing makes them even stronger.