Game of Thrones

[Bengalzona]

(04-29-2019, 03:27 PM)hollodero Wrote: Flanking was another thing I though of. If you go for an open field battle, at least use open field battle tactics even I know about. Flank them! Also, build barricades right at the catapult's radius and bomb them. I mean, Jeez, that's not quantum physics and there's no need to resurrect a guy who sends a horde right into the waiting enemy instead.

As for Theon, my issue is that this was meant to be a trap for the night king. They knew he'd go there. Why was there no ambush planned? Some hidden ninjas under a hatch or anything really. Also, Theon should at least have gotten a dragonglass knife, a dragonglass dagger, anything to actually kill the night king that is lured there, maybe heroic while dying. He had - a spear. Also, Bran could have gotten a weapon too - because why not. He could still stab while sitting.

Yeah. And also, trebuchets are siege weapons for battering castles and towns. Not real effective against troops in the open, especially troops that are charging. Maybe they took out a handful with the flaming boulders. In this case, though, they might have been more effective as firewood, eh.

(04-29-2019, 03:50 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: the Halbard was tipped with dragon glass... all the weapons they where using where.  Save the dothraki...  But they had torches.

That's another thing. Tens of thousands of dudes on horses waving flaming scythes about. I know it is fantasy. But in reality, some of them dudes are gonna be accidentally lighting their buddies and their horses on fire. That's just how humans function. There would be at least one Private Sad Sack in Row 299, Column 170 who would accidentally (or maybe on purpose) light the tail of the horse in front of him on fire, and that horse would rear throwing the rider with his flaming sword into the guy and horse next to him lighting them up, whose horse would then bolt forward into the guy in front of him.... etc. You get the picture. Humans do some dumb shit sometimes. And it's pretty clear that Dothraki don't exactly prize intelligence.

But, like I said, it is fantasy. Suspended disbelief. I still enjoyed the show.