It’s because people want to imagine themselves as a hero, engaging in one on one combat. A knight or samurai.
They don’t want to imagine themselves as a barely trained serf in a block with 30 other people holding 3m long pikes trying not to shit yourself as arrows start to rain down.
By the time of 3m pikes most infantry would be receiving pretty decent training.
Long stick > any other melee weapon
the bow and arrow is just a logical extension of mankind’s desire to poke each other at ever longer range.
The natural wish to poke but not get poked back
rock->spear->bow and arrow->cannon->handheld cannon->auto-repeating handheld cannon->howitzer->ICBM->Predator drone
This just in- being able to hurt your enemy from farther away than they can hurt you conveys a large tactical advantage. More at 11.
I think a shield and sword together are better than a spear https://youtu.be/uLLv8E2pWdk?si=vXiyUTTnSbIq-vC8
Wait until you hear about Spears with shields.
pokes oh hey didn’t see you from all the way over here.
