User blog comment:RSV 123/Mongol vs. Knight/@comment-4661256-20120810204916/@comment-4661256-20120811174300

@RSV 123: The whole point of matching the Ild vs. the Broadsword is because it's a lot easier (and a lot more fair) to compare two swords than it is to compare a sword to some sort of flail. Likewise, the mace and morningstar are so similar that it would make more sense to compare them to each other than to compare them to a sword.

@Wassboss: Yeah, Mongol arrows could pierce plate armor if they were using a specific bow (going off of Genghis Khan vs. Hannibal here, as they had an armor-piercing arrow against the elephant hide). A normal arrow won't do crap against plate armor and a shield.

@Leolab: I don't know how to argue the workings of a crossbow, but watch Pirate vs. Knight. The reload time was no issue on that episode.