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Chataboutgames t1_it8kay0 wrote

Reply to comment by THEpottedplant in Disney+ to develop 2 new Three Musketeers Spinoff Series titled Milady Origins, and Black Musketeer by GamingSince1995

Musketeers ended up becoming a term for French soldiery units, and during the time of the musket sidearm melee weapons were still very much viable. They didn't really go away until the way underrated military invention of the bayonet.

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StephenHunterUK t1_it92mtn wrote

Yep - the reload process of any firearm at that point in time (powder, wad, bullet) was time-consuming enough that at close range you'd fire off your weapon and then switch to melee. From my own experience playing stuff like Pirates, Vikings and Knights or Holdfast, you only get one shot, so do not miss your chance to blow. That opportunity might come only once in a lifetime... before you're hacked to death and end up on the respawn screen.

Muskets tended to be used in mass formations, often with one rank firing while the other reloaded.

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