Talk:Spear Bearer/@comment-4832447-20130517150317/@comment-26238153-20151218035407

I think mostly it's just a matter of people not liking spears as much as anything or at least favouring whatever fighting styles they already know. A lot of spearbearers seem to be fighting types who think they should be fisherman.

I think more then anything "magic is cooler" so SIU hasnt bothered trying to make too much in the way of spear users. It's like despite the early saying that people dont use high friction weapons we continue to see ridiculous oversized things used again probably because they are cooler and more diverse.

Ammunition shouldn't be a problem if they actually have a pipe (Would be nice to actually see one one day lol) which is presumably literally a quiver, they could probably carry scores or even a few hundred at a time, and that's before getting to "compression" pipes that could maybe carry thousands. Remeber that regulars mostly fight within tests i.e. they can prepare to be fully stocked before entering.