Quote Originally Posted by enriquan View Post
Uh... look at the picture of the archers... they are wearing plenty of plate mail... plus they have to carry their 6 foot bow and plenty of arrows... Imagine if they ran like the pikemen into battle... they would drop their arrows all over the place!
actually, what would the archers be doing running AT the pikemen? if anything they would be running AWAY from the pikemen... and most of the pikemen would be long dead before they got into striking distance.