User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-24760042-20141014205212/@comment-13471981-20141014205448

I read somewhere that the spears used in Unity were, in real life, largely decorative in function. I am not sure how legit that information is though, so take that for what you will.