Talk:Knight/@comment-32479821-20180714000923/@comment-27726014-20181101115624

Sorry. I wasn't clear.

Swords were definitely used by knights a lot. Lances were actually a mid to late medeaval thing. Most knights carried both a lance and a sword. They would use their lance to charge into the enemy and if they were stopped they would drop the lance and use their sword. Since AOE II doesn't have a charge attack mechanic it makes more sense to have them always use swords.