Crossbows and heavy armor coexisted on the battlefield for centuries. It's all in the tactics; how you use your army and the tools at its disposal. 

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We're going to have some Imperials trained especially for groin attacks against targets with armor everywhere except the groin then, Aristo. Thanks for making the job of exterminating the regular Constables so much easier.
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Funny. What did I do to offend the Empire? You realize that not all men-at-arms could afford to arm themselves with full suits of armor, and some liberties had to be taken with what they wore? Are you really going to look that far into a couple images of reenactors to get an advantage IC?

When did this become a dick-measuring contest / Nation RP?

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Here, why don't I use another gallery image so Elliri doesn't think he/she can pull some crotch poking out of the gutter and get away with making her Imperials seem even more incredible. :what
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