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Wielding unwieldy weapons
Roschambo
Member, Alpha One, Adventurer
My favorite character of all time is Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. His ability to wield a 1-H sword and 2-H stave is amazing and was magnified by the movies and the games. I have been trying to re-create that style of combat in every game since, to no avail.
So if I put enough skill points into my weapon, can I wield a stave and sword together?
What other weapon combinations would you all like to see?
So if I put enough skill points into my weapon, can I wield a stave and sword together?
What other weapon combinations would you all like to see?
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And before anyone brings it up, dual-wielding shields has been ruled out as well.
But lets be real, everything can be programmed, its only a matter of time and if you really want to try to balance that. I think they will have enough to do with all the classes and the other augmentations to not try something like that at his time.
What abou........ Nyaaaaaaawwww crap...
Maybe you can ask for a four-armed Tulnar race? Four arms = Four hands, and four hands can easily hold a 1H sword and a 2H staff, with one left to spare!
Whirlwind Spin Attack with a sword in each hand = WIN
I mean, WoW introduced 2-handed dual-wielding for Fury warriors in Wrath of the Lich King. So, anything is possible, depending on the augments that are made available. I personally would like to see this as well, as it would give a more unique feel to the classes involved.
Just make staffs versatile. Could get some interesting combos.
Sounds like Torgal from The Last Remnant:
https://lastremnant.fandom.com/wiki/Torgal
I would find that acceptable if I could look the part at least.
What about the technically "one and a half handed" Japanese katanas? (They are often weird-sized blades that can be wielded sometimes~ 1H and sometimes~ 2H, depending on the strike you're performing)
Most of the longswords could be wield with one or two hands back then.
Bastard-swords existed too. Where do you thing they have their name from? Its a "bastard" of a shortsword and a longsword. These were called from some people "one and a half hander". So europe had that too, and after that most rpgs had, but in most of the games bastardswords are mostly onehander.
If you let me dual-wield katanas, I'll love you forever...
Not allowing 'katana' dw for the sake of realism is extreme and would hurt the game.
Isn't this the part where cosmetics will play a role?
If not, orc weebs will most likely have a one handed version of a katana.
Me (an intellectual): "If we can wield a spear and a shield at the same time, can we then dual wield spears?"
Hehe, that sure sounds impractical! I wonder if anyone's ever tried it in RL.
Obviously they wouldn't be as powerful in one hand as they are in two, but that then allows players to opt to use a staff and sword, or even a staff and shield if they want to.
It would mean a little more to balance, but I can't see any reason it couldn't be done.
I checked youtube and got an old Chinese king fu video that shows a guy twirling around with knives taped to batons.
Were they biiiiiig loooooong spear-length batons?!
No
I would think that it would be as good as dual wielding katanas.