This is What Makes Manor Lords Combat Unique.

[@Skullkin_Productions]

Can't believe Totally Accurate Battle Simulator lied to me

[@posajsibono8169]

THIS IS TOP COMMENT

[@perfektpl]

But this is not simulator.

[@armiyusdy7819]

😂😂😂

[@gamingcat6034]

“IT SAYS TOTALLY ACCURATE! SO WHY ISNT IT ACCURATE!”

[@nickmhc]

@@perfektplnot with that attitude

[@08CaptT]

You just explained the mechanic that Total War’s been using for decades.

[@anthonycosta8816]

and that generals have been studying since the dawn of military theory

[@alexlaws5086]

Except in Total War, armies still generally take upwards of 75% casualties in almost every battle. It takes a ridiculous amount of bodies to rout a unit, which isn't realistic at all.

[@anthonycosta8816]

@@alexlaws5086 yuh unless you play modded

[@alexlaws5086]

@@anthonycosta8816 If it's modded, it doesn't count as a game mechanic.

[@anthonycosta8816]

@@alexlaws5086 nah Im just saying, I do agree with you. Vanilla total war is pretty arcadey, which is why they make realism mods

[@Grodstark]

Every total war game from 2000s:

[@P-Likan]

Yep, but he got the views and that is what matters :)

[@Redtecho]

Lol.... Until you spam missile Calvary on Every Unit...

[@blanktrigger8863]

The fact that folks keep commenting this knowing that TW has a notoriously superficial morale system is just pandering.

[@chosenrubric7308]

@@blanktrigger8863 Name a single factor Manor Lords has influence morale that Total War has not.

[@blanktrigger8863]

@@chosenrubric7308 The challenge should have been, describe how TW's morale system is superficial. A superficial morale system can overlap with a robust one in terms of checklist features without the system itself mattering that much. I've played a recent enough number of years ago to remember what the battles were like. Breaking comes after so much damage is dealt that breaking may as well not even be a mechanic. (The exception to this was targeted flaming artillery fire and maybe arrow fire in the back, but I've watched a lot of tournaments on Pixelated Apollo's channel, and even arrow fire in the back is quite shaky. From my memory, that's including fire arrows, which are supposed to be specifically for lowering morale.)

[@TiernanOleary]

Medieval battles in movies: Massive battles with 1000’s of people where everyone is in plate and has a sword and heater shield with terrifying Knight charges, with casualties reaching the 1000’s (Most)Medieval battles in real life: A small skirmish between 20 men because Sir Charles Wilhelm Fredrick Louis Karl Fartberg the IV count of Fartberg didn’t give the King a Boat, with only 3 injured and the two “Armies” had a ceasefire in the middle of the battle because everyone got tired(Historians say it was the most bloodiest battle in the Fartberg war)

[@Steven-cf1ty]

Read your histories again. Medieval battles were very organized things with a lot more people than you'd fit in a movie. Small skirmishes were far from the only thing happening at the time. As well, cavalry charges were very much still the crux of a battle as they were before the fall of Rome and as they would be after the enlightenment

[@TiernanOleary]

@@Steven-cf1ty Most, as in small infighting in the HRE, not the gigantic battles in the 100 years war

[@anteroruponen]

There were hundreds of thousands of people fighting in crusades for example. Maybe not at the same place at the same time but thousands certainly.

[@Steven-cf1ty]

@@TiernanOleary you wouldn't typically include the small scale robberies done in feuds. Gotz von B. is remembered for his campaigning against Czechs and Swiss or with the peasant rebellion, not for the time the emperor scolded him for robbing a bishop he feuded with.

[@xwolfensiriusx]

​@@TiernanOlearyDxmbComment

[@alex25509]

Wow they invented moral system! Like Total War did...

[@flyingsquirrell6953]

Total War’s Morale system is garbage, it’s only good when modded like in NTW3

[@neurotic3015]

@@flyingsquirrell6953 That’s too general a statement- in some of the TW games it’s fine, in others it’s pretty bad. Like in Attila, it’s decent, in Napoleon it’s pretty bad.

[@flyingsquirrell6953]

@@neurotic3015 yes but it’s not as good as manor lords

[@neurotic3015]

@@flyingsquirrell6953 Arguing it’s better is dumb because from a gameplay perspective the morale system in Manor Lords wouldn’t work well for Total War. 90% of people don’t want their troops to break after 20-30% casualties.

[@fedyx1544]

​@@neurotic3015 agreed, TW morale is fine. How about worrying about things manor lords actually does better?

[@Aaron-mc1xq]

Total war has taught me lesson more times than I’d like to admit. lol I had a large army facing an enemy army and a cannon ball bounced at just the right angle and took out my general way in the back. All my men saw this and put up very little resistance before breaking.

[@gordongraham7552]

😅😂😂 man I can imagine the deflated sigh 😅

[@ismaelgalindo]

once playing total war shogun 2 in a siege battle with someone who was micromanaging his infantry a lot so he was distracted so I managed to infiltrate a light cavalry to the backs of the army and in a single distraction I managed to charge against the general killing him in the charge, it is worth saying that this person had a much larger army than mine given the difference in funds.

[@Alex-tx2em]

@@ismaelgalindo Did you win?

[@ismaelgalindo]

@@Alex-tx2em yes No general, no moral and in a siege troops lose morale like It never existed

[@shackilleuhdeal7462]

I'm not all that smart, George, but even I know that the Total War series has been doing that morale thing for like 24 years in which they introduced in their very first game, Shogun. Loop dee loop dee loop loop doop doop doooooo....

[@blanktrigger8863]

TW has used a superficial morale system that's functionally irrelevant.

[@ismaelgalindo]

I think it refers to the fact that it is more complex since you have more things to take care of, for example in TW the only things that cause a strong loss of morale are: losing 70% of the soldiers in the unit, being surrounded, in some cases special abilities and lose the general Here you can have a unit in practically perfect condition that ends up escaping because it has many corpses around it, is very tired and is fighting in a territory different from its own.

[@chosenrubric7308]

​@@ismaelgalindo Tell me you've only played Rome 2 or Warhammer without telling me you've only played R2/WH. I mod for Total War, so let me inform you. The following impacts morale: - Casualties from 10%-90% - Sudden casualties aka 'morale shock' (ie volley fire, gunpowder, artillery, shock cavalry) - Fatigue state - Losing/winning combat - Friendly fire - Rear/flanking - Fleeing enemies - Fleeing allies (chain routes) - Defending town/fort - Defending town center/plaza These are all factors which are (mostly) still present even in newer titles, they've just been atrociously watered down to basically have zero impact (seriously, in the WH trilogy friendly fire is a -1 debuff, in a game where even trash units have 20-30 leadership) Play some of the older titles or modded to emulate old morale mechanics and you can get a feel for how good the franchise *used* to be.

[@ismaelgalindo]

@@chosenrubric7308 I say strong loss of morale I know what things causes morale lost, And btw i have play * Shogun2 * Medieval 2 *Rome 2 * Rome * Atila and just to clarify in most old titles you have more units fighting to the death than I have seen in videos of the WH trilogy I have had a single unit of spearmen that stays to fight until the end, holding out longer than the entire unit.

[@chosenrubric7308]

@@ismaelgalindo Manor Lord's morale system does not have any additional factors that effect morale that Total War doesn't except for terrain and corpses. If you play the game, recent casualties in Manor Lords doesn't actually have much impact; casualties can accumulate to 70%+. Fatigue, flanking and rear charging also don't effect morale at all, they only effect combat stats. Many of the Total War titles do this WAY better. Corpses and terrain, the only unique addition in Manor Lord's morale system, is completely indiscriminate; it nerfs both sides equally, so it's not interesting from a gameplay perspective at all.

[@Nt26417]

Manor Lords seems cool but come on, Total War already had such a battle system 25 years ago

[@ChristinaWintherLolk]

Game is made by 1 person and you compare it to a triple AAA studio, my God if I didn't think gamers were that dumb, I just keep getting reminded.

[@Nt26417]

@@ChristinaWintherLolk I dont say it's bad or unimpressive, I just say the battle system is not an innovation

[@patryk_gracz0l34]

​@@Nt26417 bc its doesn need to be, there games battle is only an addon to the city building

[@astingilbert582]

@@ChristinaWintherLolk Man, again with the "One person has done it." No, on paper one person has done it. He had countless help from modelers, sound artist, hystorian etc. The game is fantastic and all, but it was not done by a single person.

[@BrianGivensYtube]

@@Nt26417Nobody was saying it was an innovation as a game mechanic. The narrator was saying it’s different than movies because of realistic morale penalties.

[@ulkem]

You're right. There is no other game in existence or in history that uses morale. And there never will be.

[@trexy6237]

Apparently you forgot about the Total War series.

[@MrEnric98]

That's not true, there are even games that take stress and shellshock into account, like WarGame Red Dragon, for example.

[@fattysun1121]

@@trexy6237there’s a thing called sarcasm

[@astingilbert582]

@@MrEnric98 Oh WoW, I didn't know Red dragon would count Stress and Shellshock.

[@rbarnes4076]

@@fattysun1121 We can't tell if he is being sarcastic or not.. No overt indication, and the statement is made flatly.

[@marvinachas3327]

Total War veterans getting confused because this has always been their mindset

[@PianoMeetsMetal]

Think I read somewhere that after around 30% of the enemy army dies, they usually retreat in fear. Nobody wants to die, after all. But there are times when people fight to the death for a reason.

[@ML-oq8cu]

Death casualties rarely reached 30% of an army Actually, most casualties occur only after the army begin to rout. It's when you break formations that the enemy can easily kill your men

[@eds1057]

Some historians figure that losses would have been as low as 5% during the actual battle with both sides actively fighting one another. Like you guys said, most losses would have been incurred during the retreat of the losing side. Soldiers in battle would have been far more conservative and less risk averse because of the fear of death. When the lines actually met for battle, they’d likely jab here and there with their weapons but rarely commit too much or else they’d expose themselves and risk their lives. Formations would have been extremely important to give the men a sense of safety, and to serve as a literal wall to prevent retreat. In addition, the fighting would have been in bursts rather than in a constant slog as depicted in total war or Manor Lords. The fighting would have been exhausting with the adrenaline rushing when the lines met, causing exhaustion after a short time. Thus, soldiers would have had to back off to rest, replace broken weapons, and replenish fluids and eat. To me these ideas of battle make sense as they account for human physiology and psychology. Exceptions must have existed as circumstances would lead different groups in space and time to risk more or less depending on a lot of factors. But in general, it seems to have been the norm. Unfortunately, games like Manor Lords now don’t provide as much entertainment for me as before with these ideas in mind. The short shows the men throwing themselves at each other in blobs. Bodies are strewn everywhere to the point where the peasants are stepping on them. This seems to be the rule rather than the exception. Morale systems might be more sensitive than previous games in similar style, but in the end are not that dissimilar. Don’t get me wrong I can still enjoy it but it makes me long for something a bit more in line with what I’ve discussed. Whether it would make for a fun game, I am not sure lol

[@ML-oq8cu]

@@eds1057 totaly agree ! history militum has made a good vidéo about this. It focused on the roman legions but i think it could have a broader reach.

[@Neutral_1zed]

Reasons such as being cornered without a way out. This is why it's important to give your enemies a way to retreat to prevent unnecessary losses.

[@MichaelBlek]

​@eds1057 100%.. once you know how it was in real life it's hard to enjoy some moments as depicted by games or movies. Sometimes you lose that passion when playing a game or watching a movie. But i guess this is true in every aspect of education, once you get smarter and smarter you find it harder to enjoy some life aspects

[@Sorutirei]

Knights of Honor 1 - Lost Battle soundtrack

[@therealdemen247]

So... don't disregard everything I think I know about medieval warfare?

[@alexadamson9959]

I suppose he was referring to the average person who knows nothing about medieval times… who wouldn’t play the game.

[@palacpaclouiseli860]

☝️🤓

[@tingispingis]

@@alexadamson9959 Except this is like common sense, no shit morale is a thing, even in movies.

[@alexadamson9959]

@@tingispingis casually rates for medieval battles where around 5% for the winning side and around 30% for the losing side. This is because most of the death happens after the other army starts to run. One unit breaks, then the one next to is less inclined to fight and breaks even sooner, and on and on until we reach a critical point of mass routing. Moral is huge. Take 2 seconds to think about and you realise when people are loosing a fight to the death are more inclined to decide to go home. I’ve noticed this with total war games. I end up killing 4/5 of the army before I win. If you want to simulate actual combat you need to assassinate the enemy generals first. And even then you need to bee fighting a triple army so the enemy get 3x the moral debuff and make them walk all the way across the map to get to you so they get another moral debuff from exhaustion. I’ve looked for mods that nerf moral, but tragically I found non.

[@adammclaughlin845]

"Disregard everything you think you know about medieval warfare... except don't because it's right"

[@jtiguy9375]

Mount and Blade also uses this system, and the size of the battles just feels cooler too.

[@jmgonzales7701]

I just wished this game was like mount and blade as well, an rts but in tps or fps mode or at least you can participate in some of the battles

[@Happyman-f7o]

Nah mere peasants charging into a tier 5 line then fighting till the end is NOT realistic

[@ezequielgallol5404]

bruh, total war series already introduce tjia moral combat system like 20 years ago

[@patavinity1262]

A morale mechanic? Yes, that is indeed unique. I can't think of a single other battle simulation game which has incorporated a morale mechanic.

[@chezdiogenes]

Neither can I. Not a single franchise that has been doing it for over two decades.

[@gamerguy8845]

Oh wow a mechanic that TOTALLY no other game or any form of media has represented before, that's so crazy thanks for telling us about that we had no idea that's what happened in battle's

[@jasiujan2495]

The music is from - Knights of Honor - not 2 if somebody searches for it. 🙂

[@88makayo87]

I love manor lord I am like 100 hours in. But it feels like total war jr

[@seb0rn739]

Many people's perception of medieval Europe was influenced by Hollywood. Hollywood's perception of medieval Europe was influenced by American-style "Renaissance fairs" (which is ironic on it's own because the renaissance was the period AFTER the medieval period) and nothing is a more unrealitistic representation of medieval Europe than that. Which is just another reason why I love games relatively realisitically representing the medieval period such as Manor Lords, Medieval dynasty, and Kingdom Come Deliverance.

[@sebastianfries274]

The only difference between manor lords’ combat and pretty much every other medieval game’s combat is just scale. Basically it’s just a smaller version of total war.

[@rumpelstilzz]

Thank you for implementing Knights of Honor's OST, one of the greatest game soundtracks of all times.

[@FlorianIssel]

Thank you for using Knights of Honor 1 music, totally underrated! As others already mentioned, Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord also uses this mechanic

[@groupvucic2235]

Wow morale for troops is so unique mechanics never existed in strategies before

[@trevormynatt3466]

Being a huge fan of Strong hold and Age of empires growing up- I will definitely be purchasing this art piece of a game

[@grancapitan0022]

If I remember correctly, it is estimated that in close quarters battles (pre guns) only 6% of cassualties were in combat, while the rest was when the enemy broke or fled (however in some cases it would not be applied though)

[@astolbro7183]

There were alot of medieval battles that ended before the fighting even started because one side broke and ran before the two sides got to each other

[@GrizlacksChannel]

You’re the goat with manor lords content. Keep it up.

[@Humbertorgr]

I am liking Manor Lords so much. Can't wait for it to be finished.

[@Insulino36]

What Manor Lords teached me is that it was much more convenient for a local ruler to hire mercenaries rather than to arm its own citizens

[@divasco21]

Total war players: Now do you realise this?

[@BurroDevelops]

The Templars, though, were known for fighting to the death. The Assassins were another group of people who embraced death.

[@CalMullen90]

Ck3 mix with manor Lords game is needed

[@ahegaomemnon2059]

Play total war

[@brainstormia5743]

@@ahegaomemnon2059I like total war but I hate how in total war Rome 2 the armies feel so small, is it because my PC isn’t powerful enough? I can only get like 10,000 troops max on the map.

[@brainstormia5743]

I get that’s a lot still but I’ve seen battles with over 20,000 and I wanna do that too 😅😂

[@MaglaMach]

play total war three kingdoms dude. Its got the ck relationships and ai with the total war combat

[@S0nyToprano]

When the enemy routed was when the vast majority of casualties would take place. Cavalry would be used to chase down fleeing soldiers. It was a bad and terrifying experience if you were caught on the side of an army that shattered.

[@HristoskoBG]

It doesnt make it unique though, as many other games also implement troop morale.

[@pumpkingamebox]

Forget everything I know? Ok, deleting Total War collection from my mind.

[@Everythingisperspective3916]

Actually it was rare for armies to fight to the last man. Battles were won when with 40-50% casualties/army routes. The routed soldiers then would become bandits in many cases.

[@NeoNiladri]

Well Total War series had this system already since, maybe, 2000'ish... But it is nice to see that being applied to Manor Lords as well.

[@saikirito1210]

Battle is not won by killing of every enemy you see, but it does help not complicate the process

[@wamenslot]

There was this game called Z, that you had also something like a morale thing that would lead to soldiers to run away if outnumbered.

[@OmarEfren]

Nice to hear Manor Lords invented battle moral...

[@thomasmain5986]

Actually Total War and Bannerlord's both have morale triggers, they can be modified by the commander and experience of the troop's.

[@RowanStaghorn]

There was still what was known as "set battles" that were huge, Crècy for example

[@Nimno74]

The expression is "further FROM the truth".

[@ryannguyen7466]

So warfare is just a giant glorified game of chicken?

[@gabrielegenota1480]

Surprisingly, people don't wnat to die-- so as soon as you feel like you're losing-- you'd wnat to run

[@MAGS-ik5uj]

Gorified

[@gabrielegenota1480]

@@MAGS-ik5uj hah nice

[@sowpmactavish]

How are you normies just now realizing this

[@Sorutirei]

Even modern warfare, both sides are chickening each other until one disengaged

[@justkangs]

This is genius and scary how its close to reality

[@IamElChapo]

Most casualties in combat back then was caused by the opposing army routing then getting stabbed in the back ☠️

[@cstiger4]

Bagpipes make a lot of sense now.

[@Sergio_Arts]

And also not every battle is this massive 5,000 soldier battle. Most of your fights will be much smaller scale until you’re taking the last couple of regions

[@barryrivelinotandayu1978]

Total War Series is the first game that I played using a morale system for the battle.

[@danialunter]

I give you credit for bgm from Knights of honor! An amazing game

[@peepinR]

Peeps keep saying Total War has been doing the morale thing but I first learned this from Sid Meier's Gettysburg

[@bencunningham4054]

Morale mechanics have been around since the dawn of RTS

[@insystem7]

"The goal is not to kill every soldier". Proceeds to show 80% of the armies dead on the field and every remaining soldier fighting to the death

[@andresxcore1]

Bannerlord and Total War series have been doing it for quite a while

[@paddotk]

"forget everything you know about medieval warfare because this game portrays it differently"?

[@andrewhaseth6303]

Dig a trench. Build a fence. Sit down. Profit

[@88makayo87]

Say anything you want about creative assembly but total war does moral total war mechanics are crazy better than manor lords

[@thedude4760]

I see a lot of people comparing this game to total war… but it’s nothing alike. I loooove the total war franchise, but this is like gwent, but with combat mechanics and civ style region claiming. And a lot more focus on city building/management. It’s a tough game but very fun to play

[@vicioustide]

Scare tactics used by Transylvania to this day 😮

[@slicksdimension]

Manor lords is cool camt wait to see where they go with it

[@matejlachman5895]

I feel like Manor Lord on my machine is completely different game. Every single combat I fought was fought until last one enemy soldier died. I never saw any enemy soldier run from battle.

[@overworlder]

Morale ratings in wargames have been standard for decades.

[@Brooklyn718Pit]

This game CANNOT FALL into the Total war Jr category just because of the “moral system” and “ battle system” -- when your literally BUILDING a CITY to conquer more territories with the army you establish.

[@ericlewandowski1470]

Manor lords was far from the first to include moral and routing. Total War series does it well, Mount & Blade as well

[@theinvestingcouch6883]

Total war invented this mechanic like 20 years ago

[@lenardh.4445]

Duh? My total war rome 2 brain remembers how my super heavy shock cavalry charges into the enemies from behind breaking their morale or how the general dies and the morale breaks...very unique indeed 😂

[@TheRockhound119]

The Hegemony series treats ancient warfare identically.

[@spaghettimkay5795]

I think the morale is way too quick to drain. You end up only getting half the value of a mercenary unit or end up utterly crushing the other army, but not being able to kill off the army. I know it's technically bad to have more bodies to clean up. But when I've managed to perfectly surround a couple of units, and then they all rout and just run through my battle lines without getting touched, it feels a bit pointless. You should at least have the option to kill retreating enemies like in total war. When ai city building is a thing, it will also be a strategic choice to reduce their population and production.

[@jamie_d0g978]

Murder, even in war was frowned upon between fellow christians, so killing retreating enemies was not that common, especially in small feuds like the ones in this game.

[@spaghettimkay5795]

@jamie_d0g978 sure. But human instinct and heat of passion has led to so many atrocities throughout human history. If the guy that killed one of your friends earlier is fleeing the battle, you're not going to just let him go because it would be the Christian thing to do.

[@SmudgeOfficialUK]

@@spaghettimkay5795 So your pro human atrocities? Thats wild bro. Nothing wrong with not killing fleeing enemies. Its only really in video games that we are f'd up like that. lol

[@Cassius4]

@@SmudgeOfficialUK God you’re naive as hell…

[@alessandrolarroca5386]

Tu ejército son o: A: milicias, no son tropas profesionales, les falta entrenamiento y disciplina, por supuesto que huyen pronto. B: mercenarios, luchan por dinero, si mueren no les vale el dinero de nada. Claro que las batallas acaban rápido.

[@xeric1953]

Ngl once I get my town to a point where it self sustains, I feel like i’ve done enough. Closed and uninstalled after that.. can’t be spreading myself across too many games. I almost missed important events in my 2 main games while trying to learn manor lords

[@Gregfortenberrycomedy]

I haven’t seen one person online that can manage an army in manor lords. The modern nerd mind does not understand the battlefield.

[@mazenmahmoud2639]

And all of that by just one dev.

[@anthonyrivera4547]

I honestly i love its combat in game

[@Neutral_1zed]

The only thing that makes Manor Lords unique is the army size is accurate. Though I guess Total War would be too since you're controlling an entire Kingdom, not just a fief or something.

[@CherryFlavoredAlchemy]

80% of strategy's games come with this built in

[@staydatie]

wow thats something completley new. MORAL :D:D

[@theallianceslayer]

A whole 60 second short to say the combat uses morale like total war does

[@tingispingis]

"Disregard almost everything you think you know about warfare" *proceeds to talk about something that people think they know about warfare*

[@acefreak95]

Nothing special this has been the core of total war battles for over 20 years

[@gokhanmuratalbayrak160]

Total War has it like 20 years ago

[@joaobarbaca3097]

people saying total war had morale before yes it had ot gave each unit a set number for morale that could be affected by being flanked or having a commander newar them, manor lords moral is affected by their happiness as population, how much rest they get, their quality(militia have less morale i believe while retinue have more) and their morale affects their efficiency, meaning a militia with high morale can beat a retinue with low morale total war doesnt have that.

[@Panagiotis1709]

I'm not saying that the game has not done well with battles but morale has been a thing in games for decades.

[@lappelduvide2445]

This also fails to mention that the vast majority of casualties during medieval warfare was during routs, in which pursuing men would cut down those attempting to flee.

[@Bartekpvz]

in Battle of Grunwald there were 50 tousands men in total fighting only 10 tousands die most of them when they were retreating

[@andrewpiltenko9432]

Music from Knights of Honor

[@kotasekteoma3263]

Knights of honor song 🥰

[@Pbdave1092]

That is why... Archers are BLIND.

[@hhs1884]

Welcome to total war in 2000

[@QuetzdoesArt]

He just described total war

[@Therandeon]

Meanwhile in the clip we see 80% of the army lying dead which is unrealistic.

[@mivalentine2794]

I spend 500h watched the entire down fall of rome and the 100 years war beteewn the frank and briston and many more in history marches. I can confirm this is realistic.

[@rickstevenson9585]

So basically the same as every Total War game over the past 24 years

[@trolltalwar]

the people saying "they didnt invent this total wars had this for decades!!!" are entirely missing the point.

[@czapin120]

he's saying that it's unique while it's not

[@astingilbert582]

@@czapin120 Exactly

[@brenta2634]

Do one on unit cohesion!

[@PlayTimePresents]

I love that type of games (;

[@worlore1651]

Funny how the video is targeted (in his language) to people who dont sit and play medievel games all day and total war games. Normal people who actually dont consider moral and such. But of course it gets recommended to a bunch of nerds (including me) and its just a massive moshpit of yesmen.

[@Mustafassos_Vaslos]

and the lie in Hollywood is using swords in medieval wars theyve usen spears more because its long spears can penetrate some different armors like chain but swords cant

[@simonkemfors]

do people actually think that medieval battles routinely ended in the deaths of every single person on the losing side?

[@markushuber214]

Btw - are there any news of Manor Lords? It is quite silent for 4 months now