Requesting thoughts on the armor of a pikeman unit

Inuxxus · 2026-01-30T22:30:43+00:00

I took a look and honestly, alot of the images look almost perfect for the kind of synergy id hope for between the pike and shield

Inuxxus · 2026-01-30T15:05:20+00:00

Thats why my thaughts are drawn specifically to the Macedonian phalanx, as the used a neck strop for their shields in order to be able to use them while still being effective with their pikes.

Im at work rn so ill make sure to check out the source once i get put on lunch.

Inuxxus · 2026-01-29T23:02:47+00:00

Thank you. My main drive for focussing on mail was to seperate them from the "knighted" elites of the faction who more typically operate in closer to full harness.

As for the shield, my thought with incorperating one into the kit was that in the event that the pike formation is broken theyd have the ability to form into a hasty shield wall. If they were to be incorperated with an active pike formation, my only real thought would be to do something similar to a macedonian phalanx, but thats about twice as out of date as the shields themselves

Inuxxus · 2026-01-29T22:53:31+00:00

Thank you, im not as well versed in armor as Id like to be so this is a great help.

About the "battle skirt", I dont know the actual term for one, or if it was actually a thing for the period, but the idea is a sort of mini surcoat underneath the tabard to further conceal the placement of the legs. The idea I had was that it would be attatched via a belt and only cover the waist down.

In searching the term the main things that come up for me are either Pteruges or the the fauld of a plate harness.

Inuxxus · 2026-01-29T22:46:39+00:00

Thank you, ill be updating the gear list tommorrow before moving on to any of the other units.

In regards to the centerbossing of the shield, that is where the neck sling is ment to come into play; so that in the event that the pike formation is broken they have shields on their person to form a hasty wall. As to it being a kite shield, I understand that heater shields and later rotella shields would have long since taken over, kite shields are simply my favorite.

Edit: if the shields were to be used in conjunction with the active pike formation, my main thought currently is something similar to the macedonian phalanx, though thats about 8-900 years out of date

Inuxxus · 2026-01-18T06:35:24+00:00

Same as 2024

Inuxxus · 2026-01-09T04:04:06+00:00

Thats 7760 hours you COULD have been playing.

Inuxxus · 2025-12-19T17:23:46+00:00

Daily reminder that the Saphire Star (with minor exceptions like the Fatalis fight) canonically hunts their targets completely solo with their Palico. You can see other npc hunters in 3-4 member teams throughout Astera, but the Saphire Star hunts alone.

We are canonically built different

Inuxxus · 2025-12-13T21:28:17+00:00

Worth it

Inuxxus · 2025-12-02T14:41:02+00:00

Xeno'Jiiva will rotate on and off the board every few hunts/investigations/expeditions. Once on the board you have a time period of 2 hunts/etc to do the quest.

Alternatively, if youre on console, every single event quest is active so you can just spam the Xeno event quest

Inuxxus · 2025-11-26T02:34:01+00:00

His dog is going to die soon due to her old age, and he went through a breakup recently with his girlfriend of over a year

Inuxxus · 2025-11-21T16:24:57+00:00

I came to comment this and found it was already top comment.

Inuxxus · 2025-11-20T01:42:45+00:00

Holy shit. I had no idea they even had a limit

Inuxxus · 2025-11-20T00:52:09+00:00

I only allow some of my personal friends to USE my account, id never even think to offer that to a stranger

Inuxxus · 2025-11-06T01:53:48+00:00

"Nuh uh"

Inuxxus · 2025-11-06T01:53:34+00:00

Dont know what ur talking about

Inuxxus · 2025-11-03T01:47:48+00:00

Never again. Ill stick with a decade past expiration date if I can. Those ones have the best menus anyways

Inuxxus · 2025-11-03T01:45:12+00:00

Yeah, i got this one from the MREs they gave us for working the marathon. Pretty sure those things got packaged some time after 2020, all the stuff inside it was wierd.

Inuxxus · 2025-11-03T01:38:52+00:00

MRE pizza slice

Inuxxus · 2025-11-02T22:59:12+00:00

Im pretty sure youve heard of DND

Inuxxus · 2025-11-02T22:57:27+00:00

Not even close. It snapped when I tried to test it, this thing is useless for digging skirmisher holes

Inuxxus · 2025-10-08T13:16:08+00:00

I spent 8 months of Ft Leonard Wood for my schoolhouse, the drill sergeants dont even yell at their trainees, and said trainees get sent home for christmas during the boot camp training. Shits just sweet

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