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The mighty Neo_Ninja! It sucks he's not on here anymore

I never really knew if Neo was a boy or girl. Neo still gets on? Never knew

I just went by the avi, I honestly don't know. ahahah

And on occasion. Not very often.

xD

Ya just can't tell anymore, these days.

I remember getting Onalim's art from Neo and going like this.

Since people are talking about weapons:

Swords where the main choice for most armies around the world for a good reason, they're long blades (length varies depending on the type but the point being the majority of the weapons length is lethal) that have enough weight (again varying on type) to cut through most armor or stab through heavier armor while (with the exception of things like the Zweihänder or claymore) not so heavy as to be to limiting.

Spears where far less common in more modern era's and for good reason. While good at piercing armor their points got them stuck rather quickly or the shaft broken. The lethal part of the weapon was quite small and thus these where initially used for calvary on one charge or thrown then quickly discarded and exchanged for another side weapon such as a sword. While capable of slashing unless your opponent is unarmored this wouldn't tend to do much, even leather would be able to deflect most of such blows. Given that and the small hit point when compared to a sword, mace, axe, or most other weapons and you had to be accurate lest you hit with the shaft (which while painful would rarely be lethal let alone debilitating). Their real advantage came from single long strikes either from behind other infantry holding shields or from calvary running in and picking people then sweeping away and coming back with swords.

Axe's weren't all that common either as armies evolved. The downsides, even for the smaller of them, are quite apparent. They tend to be quite heavy and the heads are built in a fashion that while capable of piercing most armor without to much trouble require a lot of effort to swing. The upside of course is the wider heavier blades could deal far more debilitating strikes than most weapon and foil even the rarely used platemail.

Mace's are basically dumbed down versions of axes. Strong, lethal, but requiring a ton of effort to do much damage against more well armored opponents, typically quite slow and without a blade they rely on bludgeoning which can be effective but not nearly as much as a blade (Given some had spikes but none the less the stamina needed to wield these was exceptionally more than nigh any of the other weapons beyond possibly larger axes).

Anywho, in the end long bows, crossbows, etc reign supreme in medieval weaponry and decided most battles before they ever got close enough to swing most melee weaponry. Yay history.

That said my character uses the least effective of them all, but for rp purposes it's fun... his fists.

Hm, just wondering, what is happening with the Small Pond RP? (Is it my turn to post?)

Being an Arrancar is FUN. *Jazz hands*