Buff boar spear

[ghandhikus]

We all know boar spear has low damage, even though it's a spear. But 5% armor penetration is bs. It should be like 25%. Historically spears were always the best weapons, with best armor penetration.

If it's more than 5% then wiki is wrong, and there is no indication of its stats in the game(not sure if it's modded client feature).

[fulma]

For a begginer weapon i agree that it should be buffed.

[wonder-ass]

tbh i wanna run around with a spear pouch on my back chucking spears at people with 30% armor pen on a q1000 + spear

[ghandhikus]

I've been looking for some data on penetration, and I only found the relation of kinetic forces in relation to penetration.

According to this website \/, spears have more than twice the kinetic energy as swords, so they should have at least twice armor penetration of a sword. This points to 25%-30% range. But personally, for balance reasons, I would go with 25%. To make it different from an axe. Increase cooldowns by 10% is a great idea too.

https://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=25576

Soft armours require about 100J to defeat with a blade

Javelins might reach 250-300J, and might defeat arrow-proof armour. From literature, we know javelins are good against armour (Roman sources praising the pilum for penetration, though to Conquistadors noting the effectiveness of javelins).