12-15-2008, 07:46 PM
Don't get me wrong I enjoy Mister Flints books but there are a few things I found fault with
1 Ancient armor and weapons are super heavy, clumsy and slow and you can't get up in armor and you will drown in water
Obviously wrong
2 Cataphracts used small horses
The romans had acsess to large breeds and a bigger breed would obviously handle the armor better
3 The cataphracts
The 'Cataphracts' are obviously Optimates which were of German origin.
4 Horses won't charge a solid object
I've already pointed out how wrong that is on another thread
5 The arqubusier and the Pikenier are the be all and end all of the military and they can kick cavalry butt any time
The man needs to read about Polish Winged Hussars sometime, and about arqubuses
6 Cataphracts are mighty but everybody else can kick their butts 'cause he saw em' do it on TV
7 A character has a magic sword that can cut through a spangenhelm, and the character has a magic lance that can cut through the lammelar armor on a horses neck and he can even do it without stirupps, and he can beat Belisarius with both hands tied behind his back.
The Belisarius who according to Procopius who witnessed it, shot a goth through the chest with a cataphract bow (Do you realize how strong Belisarius would have to be to even draw a bow with that much pull)
8 Lightly armored Rajputs beat cataphracts while charging uphill
AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
1 Ancient armor and weapons are super heavy, clumsy and slow and you can't get up in armor and you will drown in water
Obviously wrong
2 Cataphracts used small horses
The romans had acsess to large breeds and a bigger breed would obviously handle the armor better
3 The cataphracts
The 'Cataphracts' are obviously Optimates which were of German origin.
4 Horses won't charge a solid object
I've already pointed out how wrong that is on another thread
5 The arqubusier and the Pikenier are the be all and end all of the military and they can kick cavalry butt any time
The man needs to read about Polish Winged Hussars sometime, and about arqubuses
6 Cataphracts are mighty but everybody else can kick their butts 'cause he saw em' do it on TV
7 A character has a magic sword that can cut through a spangenhelm, and the character has a magic lance that can cut through the lammelar armor on a horses neck and he can even do it without stirupps, and he can beat Belisarius with both hands tied behind his back.
The Belisarius who according to Procopius who witnessed it, shot a goth through the chest with a cataphract bow (Do you realize how strong Belisarius would have to be to even draw a bow with that much pull)
8 Lightly armored Rajputs beat cataphracts while charging uphill
AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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