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I keep hearing in discussions that: -Rapiers were specifically created as stabbing weapons to attack weak points in, or pierce increasingly heavy plate, and they're fine doing as much damage as they do against L3 armor in Mordhau.
This is historically false. The word 'Rapier' comes from the spanish espada ropera (literally: robe sword), and came about as long, narrow, flexible blades specifically made for the close quarters urban fighting and civilian duels of the 16th century took hold.
Due to the advances in gunpowder at that time, heavy armor outside of calvary was on its way out, and the concept of the noble and gentlemanly honor duel and unarmored fencing was on it's way in.
There were stiff, strong thrusting weapons meant to deal the aforementioned puncture damage to heavy armor, as well as heavy poleaxe and spiked-head weapons to simply go right through it. Rapiers do not resemble any of those, and consequently were not used on the battlefield with shields and full plate like we see now- perhaps outside being the sidearm of command officers, who's gunpowder armies would not be be facing ancient men at arms, Vikings, or umounted knights.
So don't tell me that stabbing through smithed steel with a blade meant to bend and retain it's shape against cloth and flesh is a thing. Just no.
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