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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 5723273" data-attributes="member: 14159">If you're going to claim that a Knight was a typical medieval infantry instead of being elite cavalry, and that most soldiers were not poorly trained conscripts then I suggest you get your sources together and completely and totally rewrite all the relevant wikipedia articles:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_warfare" target="_blank">Medieval warfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_in_the_Middle_Ages" target="_blank">Infantry in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>Knights were usually mounted cavalry, occasionally heavy infantry and had a leadership role, more comparable to officers, Rangers and Cav squadrons on the modern battlefield.  There is a reason that Knight is a PC class and footman is not: superior training.  Armies aren't filled with thousands of people with PC classes.Also, the Spartans were something of an outlier in terms of military skill.  There is a reason that thousands of years later the term is still synonymous with martial prowess.  I would hardly call them typical soldiers of the era.  The Roman Legions, at their peak, were indeed highly trained and in some ways are still model for modern armies, but that was only at their peak instead of the bulk of the later Empire when their quality declined sharply.The typical medieval infantryman: a spearman or archer serving only out of feudal obligation (i.e. a conscript) with access to poor medical care and token training, is far inferior to a professionally trained, modern soldier with modern immunizations, comprehensive physical training, and a focus on small-unit tactics over large massed battles.  I'll stand by my assertion that at typical medieval peasant conscript footman, would be a Warrior 1, while a typical modern soldier would be a Warrior 3 or 4 in comparison.</blockquote>

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