Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24772070-20161204040824/@comment-25936766-20170131231525

Except they were still good-enough against armor in general. And, they have been since forever, practical in almost-every kind of situation, and unlike polearms, the whole body can harm, not just the end, so one isn't safe just because they got past the end of the weapon.

There's a reason swords remained popular in use even after the Reinnasance.