Message from @GingaBomber

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2018-04-02 15:07:43 UTC  

When it comes to war history

2018-04-02 15:08:07 UTC  

Worst thing to hear in this mod? Your commander yelling "affix bayonets"

2018-04-02 15:08:20 UTC  

haha

2018-04-02 15:08:58 UTC  

Well, cause spears are actually better than bayonets. In close range. Rifles wernt long enough to be used as conventional spears that time.

2018-04-02 15:09:04 UTC  

I mean whys that?

2018-04-02 15:10:36 UTC  

for the non-spear people i'd imagine?

2018-04-02 15:11:07 UTC  

Well, spears were better than swords in general

2018-04-02 15:11:25 UTC  

yeah

2018-04-02 15:11:54 UTC  

but i always figured bayonets were for a last moment stab when you're still shooting and don't have time to draw another weapon

2018-04-02 15:12:28 UTC  

well, with fire rates that slow, youd only get one chance in close range.

2018-04-02 15:13:08 UTC  

So you switch to a melee range. A bayonet just happened to be the most cost effective way to get everyone cheap bladed close range weapons.

2018-04-02 15:13:23 UTC  

Unlike calvary that would get cutlasses.

2018-04-02 15:13:40 UTC  

Like what? Club them to death with the stock?

2018-04-02 15:13:47 UTC  

well if you're on your own yes, but wouldn't you get a bit more time to reload when your squad fires too?

2018-04-02 15:14:13 UTC  

Well, unless you have some form of volley fire.

2018-04-02 15:14:30 UTC  

Thats an issue.

2018-04-02 15:14:50 UTC  

Also, if you are firing alone, you are already doing something terribly wrong.

2018-04-02 15:15:19 UTC  

maybe you're Chuck Colonorrist?

2018-04-02 15:15:20 UTC  

I mean, those muskets create so much smoke that the field is a mist after a half dozen volleys.

2018-04-02 15:15:37 UTC  

And you only have enough time to fire a few times.

2018-04-02 15:16:06 UTC  

Not sure how common melee ended up, but it was understood that you either shot from afar with a unit, or were close up in their faces.

2018-04-02 15:16:52 UTC  

makes sense yeah

2018-04-02 15:16:58 UTC  

With bayonets.

2018-04-02 15:17:34 UTC  

Like said, just happens to be the nuance of the period. Ranged weapons with innate armor piercing simply made metal armor obsolete.

2018-04-02 15:18:20 UTC  

One shot + a canister of cotton and gunpowder is easier to transport than arrows/crossbows despite both being more accurate than shot.

2018-04-02 15:18:57 UTC  

Bayonets + pistols for close range. Since shots take so goddamn long to reload and fire.

2018-04-02 15:23:42 UTC  

maybe africa should demand a rematch

2018-04-02 15:24:36 UTC  

Well, they already started in south afric

2018-04-02 15:25:15 UTC  

Id joke more, but I really would rather actually hope someone does something about it.

2018-04-02 15:26:02 UTC  

Australia should put forth its plan to move those white people from South Africa to Australia,

Then we can just watch south africa go the way of Zimbabwe

2018-04-02 15:30:06 UTC  

Fuck whoever is calling Aussies racist for bringing over farmers.

2018-04-02 15:30:27 UTC  

Like let my country take the rohingyas. The farmers will actually contribute to society.

2018-04-02 15:50:14 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/398973785426100234/430393531165704203/DHw1rYU.png

2018-04-02 18:28:15 UTC  

Black British Woman should touch base with all the "cowardly & weak" gangbangers in Chicago

2018-04-02 18:43:06 UTC  

wth

2018-04-02 19:11:11 UTC  

This needs to be seen.

2018-04-02 20:27:40 UTC  

why?

2018-04-02 20:48:57 UTC  

cuz it shows the mainstream media being just one mouthpiece for whoever is paying them