I will summarize it in a couple of easy sentences that even you should understand
No need to get rude, man! Rudeness is my privileg in this forum, not yours
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Back to topic:
And where exactly did I state that the Dwarves DON'T need the big shields,
In your last posting:
Which means a big shield wouldn't make much of a difference.
I understood you meant no difference in battle, you obviously meant no difference in carrying... such misunderstandings can happen, no need to get insulting!
All this argument started when you said:
They came with mattocks, and a short sword with a small buckler shield. Sorry but if the Dwarves only carried those arms against Elven archers, they would have been slaughtered within minutes.
My answer was that they had to carry light armour AND weapons, to arrive in time.
Ok so in fact they wore heavy armour. But still that´s less then carrying spears, big shields, BALLISTAS and such things.
Remember Gimli hunting the Uruks in HdR2? Running with heavy armour... but no shield.
AND:
My argument always was: IF the dwarves had mounts, they would have used them to get to the mountain, as they were in a hurry.
By the way: I don´t remeber what all this has to do with the topic (ram riders)? I think we have been discussing off-topic for too long now.. I for myself go to sleep now, have a nice evening.