@crocutamatata Scientific racism justified itself by saying that different races were descended from different primates. Dog scientific racism does that, but for various non-dog canids.
@C4nn0n_F0dd3r He literally just described a lance fournie, used the wrong name for it, and then said "yeah so you're wrong because I used the wrong name for a unit."
What does this even disprove? Oh wow, knights could also be accompanied by lighter, nimbler troops. What's your point?
@C4nn0n_F0dd3r "ViDeO gAmEs ThO" buddy. There are more ways to balance something than to play into popular stereotypes and kneecap its mobility to an insane degree. That's not the only option you have.
@YeetinOpossums @HypocriteAlpha @dolfijnmanjohns my brother in christ, I don't need to be a coomer to understand that women in skin tight suits will attract freaks
@wannabescythian I feel like I missed a part, I thought this was late medieval/very early modern. Where are we and is this setting different from the one with the skirmisher scots
@wannabescythian The draw of an early modern army was that you could receive enough wealth to make you rich. Earnestly rich, rich enough to become a sort of patrician. If your army does not have some system of pay which would make soldiers rich as hell, I do not see it attracting many men. Fin
@wannabescythian For example, the men in the army of Flanders (The Spanish army fighting in the 80 years war) could receive exorbitant sums of wealth for their service. In April 1577, when 5334 veterans of the army received pay arrears, it added up to 1,234,293 florins, or 231 florins per man.