Great weapons...

by Tenebrae

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Tenebrae2005-09-12 15:57:39
For great weapons, they are large enough to defend someone like a shield... Can we have them hold some armor status then?
Unknown2005-09-12 16:14:44
You can already parry with weapons.
Sylphas2005-09-12 16:25:31
Knights are tanky enough, you want them to get MORE armour?
Singollo2005-09-12 16:41:47
Moondancers and Celestines can get just as tanky. They get shields.
Tenebrae2005-09-12 16:48:58
Imagine it. You are wielding a two handed weapon, bastard sword for example. It is 6 feet long, and 3 feet wide. You have no room to carry a shield, and you can hide behind the blade at times as if it were a shield. Would you say that it deserves to be treated as a shield as well?
Soll2005-09-12 16:52:21
That's not a friggin sword, that's my cabinet. huh.gif
Tenebrae2005-09-12 16:59:09
rofl.. Bastard swords are staff height as well as human width. Broadswords faeling width, three fourths staff height. Longswords quarterstaff height, and so on, so forth...
Sylphas2005-09-12 17:24:16
WTF bastard sword are you looking at? I have NEVER seen a combat sword as wide as a man. I think you've been playing FFVII too much.

And how are going to use your sword as a shield? I hope you don't plan to actually attack with it, then, or keep it very long. You can parry with a blade, but HIDING BEHIND IT? You're not wielding a door, you're wielding a sword.

There is a reason shields were invented: because weapons make bad shields.
Tenebrae2005-09-12 17:49:40
QUOTE(Sylphas @ Sep 12 2005, 08:24 PM)
There is a reason shields were invented:  because weapons make bad shields.
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They make bad shields. Great weapons make bad shields... they desirve then bad stats for being bad shields.
Richter2005-09-12 17:55:32
QUOTE(Sylphas @ Sep 12 2005, 09:24 AM)
WTF bastard sword are you looking at?  I have NEVER seen a combat sword as wide as a man. I think you've been playing FFVII too much.

And how are going to use your sword as a shield?  I hope you don't plan to actually attack with it, then, or keep it very long.  You can parry with a blade, but HIDING BEHIND IT?  You're not wielding a door, you're wielding a sword.

There is a reason shields were invented:  because weapons make bad shields.
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I wub.gif Sylphas. biggrin.gif


And really... you have parry. Your ideas are a bit... silly. huh.gif
Sylphas2005-09-12 17:58:02
QUOTE(Tenebrae @ Sep 12 2005, 01:49 PM)
They make bad shields. Great weapons make bad shields... they desirve then bad stats for being bad shields.
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If you block a blow with a sword, repeatedly, it's likely going to snap. If you make this possible, you can have shield stats on your weapon.
Richter2005-09-12 18:15:24
I think what we really need is attack values on shields. I mean, you can hit people over the head with them, right?

Block with swords, swing with shields, it's the new trend.
Unknown2005-09-12 19:19:59
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