#war hammers

So I get why they only use certain weapons for certain classes in game design. To be honest, I really picture Art wielding a shield and war hammer when doing the paladin thing, and the sword being a dueling / blood sands weapon. Among other things in actual middle ages combat a sword was just about the worst thing to be carrying if you were in melee combat on foot.  

Also just the fun in design that you can have.  Look at that thing above, can you see it in Ishgard with some Archbishop giving that to a warrior that is being elevated to a knight after killing some massive dragon? 

Trial by combat (also wager of battle) was a method of law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession, in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of the fight was proclaimed to be in the right. It was essentially a  duel sanctioned by the Church and the Common Law, the idea behind it being that God would ensure that justice was done.

http://www.medievalwarfare.info/

Wager of battle, as it was known in England, was abolished by statute in 1819, following its being claimed in the case of Ashford v Thornton in 1818.

TOMMY KRUISE - WAR HAMMERS

WAR HAMMERS//by TOMMY KRUISE