Peasant Evolution

[Orfinn]

Yeah they eat hay, but me thinks they prefer grass msotly...or carrots.

[mr.hackcrag]

Then I would hate to see what happens when there is a nightmare on the field. It's a horse and it's on fire! Watch out Hay Stack Dragon.

Actually, now that I think about it, this could be the perfect combination. Nightmare eats part of Haystack Dragon and regains health, then Hay dragon catches on fire and runs around the field in a panic. It sets everything ablaze leading to something that's the equivalent of an armageddon spell! And if it happens to be the upgraded Wet Haystack dragon, then you're really in trouble.

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

Voted H5.

It seems the peasants have gained weight during the games
I like the H5 peasant because it looks...well, good. It looks like a fighter.
The H4 one looks like it has permanent knee injuries. Like its knees are weak

[LordErtz]

Voted H5.

It seems the peasants have gained weight during the games
I like the H5 peasant because it looks...well, good. It looks like a fighter.
The H4 one looks like it has permanent knee injuries. Like its knees are weak

They should be weak kneed! They work 22/7! They get 2 hours sleep when theyre done for the day.

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

Then they shouldn't join an army

[Meandor]

Then they shouldn't join an army

Look what happened to peasants in H5(Isabel`s first map?) when they refused to join

[mr.hackcrag]

And also they are named "Conscript." They have no choice in the matter unless they want to meet the fate Meandor mentioned. Such is the difficult life of the peasant.

[Akul]

In fact, peasants shoudn't be in army. In Medival times, their obligation was to pay taxes. Only nobles were in militia.

[mr.hackcrag]

I was just thinking that. Also, peasants often revolted against the elites who subjegated them, so it makes even less sense that they would be part of an army.

[DaemianLucifer]

In fact, peasants shoudn't be in army. In Medival times, their obligation was to pay taxes. Only nobles were in militia.

Really?I must have studied wrong history then.

[ThunderTitan]

Hay = dried grass. You guy do know that, right?

And the nobles made up the cavalry, with the rest of the fighters being the infantry. Peasants that joined the army weren't peasants anymore.

But militias weren't the armies, they were more like police or guerillas. They were usualy made up of untrained troops, unlike an army.

And peasant weren't actualy tax payers, they were more like slaves that had to feed themselves and were allowed to have currency of their own.

[DaemianLucifer]

And the nobles made up the cavalry, with the rest of the fighters being the infantry. Peasants that joined the army weren't peasants anymore.
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Again wrong.The nobles werent just cavalry,but they were the ones that could afford to ride a horse.Some of them still fought on foot,while they horses stayed out of the battle.Some were archers.It just depended on what they were best at.

[ThunderTitan]

Again wrong.The nobles werent just cavalry,but they were the ones that could afford to ride a horse.Some of them still fought on foot,while they horses stayed out of the battle.Some were archers.It just depended on what they were best at.

This depends on century and the way they fought. But for the period/place the Haven seems to represent the most that's how it was. Remember Agincourt?

[mr.hackcrag]

I didn't realize there were so many historians at this forum.

[DaemianLucifer]

I didn't realize there were so many historians at this forum.

Oh,were not just historians.Were all physicists,chemists,mathematicians,geologysts,biologysts,astronomers,etc,etc,etc

[Gaidal Cain]

And peasant weren't actualy tax payers, they were more like slaves that had to feed themselves and were allowed to have currency of their own.

Which of course also depended on what country you were in...

Oh,were not just historians.Were all physicists,chemists,mathematicians,geologysts,biologysts,astronomers,etc,etc,etc

Though some of us do show a lack of grasp of the basic concepts of language, such as when to use spaces...

[theLuckyDragon]

Though some of us do show a lack of grasp of the basic concepts of language, such as when to use spaces...

Don't you mean conventions of writing? There is a difference between language and its graphical representation.

[mr.hackcrag]

Isn't it funny how a poll simply about the appearance of imaginary peasants in a game can lead to a talk about peasant hating haystack dragons, then to the historical role of real peasants throughout the world, and finally, the proper conventions of writing?

[Gaidal Cain]

And then to a meta-discussion about thread on forum boards

Now, get back to talking to peasants. I have a delete button, and I ain't afraid of using it.

[ThunderTitan]

Which of course also depended on what country you were in...

True. Those countries that actualy had slaves treated their peasants better.


How can anyone vote for the big tub o'lard zombie skin (at least the zombie could have been bloated with dead people gases), the undead looking hobo or the slightly retarded looking town drunk?