I was always bothered by the fact that the army of each nation only had one type of weapon. The Drasnians had an entire army comprised exclusively of pikemen? Seriously? Asturians only had archers, Mimbrates were the only knights, Algars the only light cavalry, Tolnedrans were foot soldiers (Roman legion clones), and while Sendaria had an army, because soldiers arrested the heroes in the first book, once the war started, Eddings made it sound like all they had were wagoneers and farmers with sharpened sticks.