Technically, you never fight sword on sword (in real life). Any blades in question will dull and chip. But it's fine for games.
@Willdrick: love that game. fire and sword was disappointing, though.
Are you telling me that every sword-fighting movie is a lie? First the cake, now this?
I'm going to bed.
Basically.
Spears were used as much as swords, if I remember correctly. They were the coolest weapons, but not everyone had one.
Yeah, I was sort of kidding. No real warfare was ever like we see in the movies now. Pikes and spears had a problem at close range. Sword on sword fighting was rare as it was usually sword on armor+shield. Though I don't doubt that they would use their swords to swat away other swords if needed. There was a reason the rapier and epee style fencing evolved, after all. Those "swords" being little more than really short spears in how they were used.
The long bow was the real killer weapon... especially combined with a backed saddle that allowed a rider to fire the bow while seated.
