04-19-2015, 02:09 AM
(04-19-2015, 02:07 AM)Surge Wrote:(04-19-2015, 02:02 AM)Ehksidian Wrote: and then you have your nutty sword guys rush at it and they manage to make an opening possibly.Charging a testudo head on is never a good idea. Those are ROMAN shields, so some of the best soldiers of the ancient world are carrying them, and if it's a Triarii they'll have spears poking out too, otherwise you'll slam into a metal reinforced block of wood and then the guy behind it will move it aside and stab you with his sword. What you want to do is use the slow speed of the testudo and it's exposed sides to outmaneuver it.
unless you're not stupid and have swordpeople at the ready
Which is easy to do on horseback.
And, considering how some ancient archers were, that's...frightening. Mongols and all.
Mongols are scary motherfuckers.
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