Another thing to not be tempted by that damn near everything goes for. (Promted by the changelog saying reduced stats for spear) Spears are not trash. They were the preeminent weapon on the battlefield for almost the entirety if history for a reason. Especially don't go with the 'sword beats spears' trope. Watch some testing fights done between re-enactors and HEMA ppl with sword and spear. Both duels and group. Out of 10 tries of single and group each, or thereabouts, the swordman won....ONCE. It's a vid on Lindybeige's site (does historical stuff, archeologist).
It truly does get tiresome having games all over the place acting like a spear is a glorified stick and there was no reason for ppl to keep using it after they invented ANYthing else to fight with. Ppl used it cause it worked. Being cheap is just bonus.
Here is one of his spear vids. He has multiple.
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