Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-26863727-20160402184956/@comment-26347028-20160403205535

Aramirtheranger wrote:

Guess that means you think knights and samurai both sucked ass...

I don't think you understand why the existing styles were used for centuries until different weapon designs came along. They fought that way because people who didn't with that gear they were using died- which is how they figured out what worked. I defy you to effectively use a longsword like a katana, or vice versa. Compared to an Elven lord, they would certainly be outclassed heavily. And this is not about a different fighting style. This is about proficiency in the fighting styles they had. While, yes, they probably would have had a different fighting style; someone who has spent seven years on something is one heck of a lot more likely to make a mistake than someone who spent millennia. And, for the record, I fight with a bastard sword (and varied offhand items, or simply using it two-handed) so if you handed me a katana I'd certainly give it a go as such.