Chainmail was usually worn on top of leather or a piece of felt with fabric on both sides, to prevent impacts from swords and stuff. Also, a material under the chainmail like leather (might even be attached to the chainmail) prevented the chainmail from ripping the person's clothes to shreds, or staining them.
I think javelin wars would rock.. basically you have a shield wall, composed of guys carrying large circular shields, and then you have the javelin throwers behind them. Then you could have the players throw their javelins at the opposing side, and if they hit a shield it would render it useless, or of they hit a player they would die. The player could also catch the javelin, which would be neat.
I truely can't see how kingdom wars will be evenly matched at all. Since there are some sorcerors on 2k2 right now that could kill an entire army with their silly ice storms and quick speed.
I just PRAY that arrows do some super damage, as they would be hard to aim at moving targets and such, it would be a big disadvantage. Plus the damned shields need to do some protection against arrows and swords.
