Originally Posted by
QuintusSertorius
At the risk of opening a perennial can of worms, yes underhand is worse. However, it's much more natural a way to hold a spear, and indeed has parallels with the way you handle a lot of agricultural implements, like spades, hoes and hooks. You fight the way you know, thus untrained levies fight in the natural way.
Voini are raiders, which is another semi-professional type. Machimoi should probably be 5, since most of the other semi-professional under-handers are.
Now you're conflating two different things. Different weapons aren't analogous on stats alone. A spear has a longer reach and is handled differently by the engine.
The Britons have smaller shields, which allows them to fight with a more aggressive style. They're otherwise the same.