All right guys just hear me out. I know this is going to sound

>>1512845
Less control, more force.

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>>1512845

God fucking damn it Philip stop with your bohemian pike shit, it will never catch on.

how long can you make a spear before it stops working, anyway

>>1512845
overcompensating again phil?

>>1512858
40 kilometers

>>1513034
Meant to reply to >>1512877

>>1512845
>he doesn't know there were people who made their spears longer before Phillip
>he doesn't know about Iphicrates
>he is ignorant but tries to meme
laughtingwenches.tif

>>1512877
Depends on the tensile strength of the wood you're using. Usually around 14-18 feet.

>>1512877

You'd probably make it too heavy and ineffective first. The Macedonians were already at the point that they had to make shields that hung from their neck/shoulder so they could use both hands with their spears.

Not sure about Iphicrates's shields.

>>1512877
8ft tends to be the size of one handed, but two handed can be upwards of 20 ft

What if we mounted the spears on rolling carts?

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>>1512845
Way ahead of you.

t. Athens.

>>1513418
That spear is obviously way too long. Our ancestors that fought at Marathon would never have defeated the Persians with such flimsy spears.

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>>1512845
It'll never work you hack.

t.Demosthenes

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>spears
>mfw i see a thread full of plebs

>>1515594
>chariots
>your army unit is obliterated by non-flat terrain
lmao you can keep to your deserts, while the real empires conquer the rest of the world

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>>1512845
All right guys just hear me out. I know this is going to sound insane, But what if we placed more hoplites on the flanks of our formation and left our center paper thin?

>>1515608
>implying i can't flaten the terrain with slaves
Thanks for confirming my suspicion you dirty savage

>>1515661
You have many slaves, but few warriors. It won't be long before they fear my spears more than your whips.

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>>1515615
Oh yeah? And what else, tell your soldiers to run 1500 meters in full armor? Fuck off, dumbass.

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Hey guys, hear me out. What if we stack up our best troops and throw them at the Spartans best troops. Yes I realise this will leave our weaker troops exposed. No I havent been drinking

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Yo what if we painted people like people instead of like paintings

Nah I'm good I think Annibale wanted to hit it though

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>>1512845
Hey, Persia here, we're just gonna borrow that concept and add them with horsies, thanks.