favorite type of melee weapon?
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Warglaives [http://static-2.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/8258-1-1328872430.jpg]. Ridiculously impractical, infinitely awesome.
Spears and other polearms don't get nearly enough credit in fiction, to my way of thinking.
Hand me a poleaxe, and I'll conquer.
Hand me a poleaxe, and I'll conquer.
A more elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.
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That's not a glaive, this is a glaive:duwenbasden said:
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Knives. Close the distance. The knife animations from Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 were fantastic and I've been disappointed that subsequent games in the series either replaced them with the tomahawk animations in AC3 (which were great, but only with the actual axes equipped) or completely did away with them.
Letho from Witcher 2 carried two knives and won all of his fights because he was faster, stronger and smarter than his opponents.
A weapon I'd love to see more of in games is the Nepalese Khukri. The bastard child of a knife and an axe. The wicked curve and heavily weighted spine make them extremely deadly for their size. The Gurkhas were legendary among British soldiers who saw them fight. Apparently one such soldier went to Nepal after the war to learn about their fighting style, because they were nonplussed when asked about martial arts. When he arrived he realized why they were so deadly; Everyone uses Khukris. They use them like a machete to harvest crops and clear jungle, to chop wood, to prepare food, to slaughter animals (apparently a full sized one can decapitate a water buffalo in one swing) and are carried by police and military. They didn't need training to use a tool that is so ubiquitous in their civilisation.
Far Cry 4 features khukris, but due to reused animations it looks a little silly because they aren't really stabbing weapons.
Letho from Witcher 2 carried two knives and won all of his fights because he was faster, stronger and smarter than his opponents.
A weapon I'd love to see more of in games is the Nepalese Khukri. The bastard child of a knife and an axe. The wicked curve and heavily weighted spine make them extremely deadly for their size. The Gurkhas were legendary among British soldiers who saw them fight. Apparently one such soldier went to Nepal after the war to learn about their fighting style, because they were nonplussed when asked about martial arts. When he arrived he realized why they were so deadly; Everyone uses Khukris. They use them like a machete to harvest crops and clear jungle, to chop wood, to prepare food, to slaughter animals (apparently a full sized one can decapitate a water buffalo in one swing) and are carried by police and military. They didn't need training to use a tool that is so ubiquitous in their civilisation.
Far Cry 4 features khukris, but due to reused animations it looks a little silly because they aren't really stabbing weapons.
I don't see why I'd do that. It seems doing the opposite would be in my best interest. ;0Fijiman said:
A lightsaber with a crossguard, obviously! Crikey, like it even needs to be discussed...
Aside from that: any weapon that suits the environment and/or the opponent is the 'best' and favourite type of weapon. Everyone who has any actual experience with a weapon knows that they all have strengths and weaknesses, and sentimental favouritism is almost an irrelevance (I personally love longswords, but I recognise they're utterly useless against various types of weapons and attacks. never held a rapier, but I'd like to try 'em out). They're tools (or were), and so if it protects me from ye olde assailant, then it's all I'd ever need.
Aside from that: any weapon that suits the environment and/or the opponent is the 'best' and favourite type of weapon. Everyone who has any actual experience with a weapon knows that they all have strengths and weaknesses, and sentimental favouritism is almost an irrelevance (I personally love longswords, but I recognise they're utterly useless against various types of weapons and attacks. never held a rapier, but I'd like to try 'em out). They're tools (or were), and so if it protects me from ye olde assailant, then it's all I'd ever need.
Longsword, kusari-gama, katana. I love the renowned sharpness and elegance of the katana, but if I was actually in a fight, I think I'd rather have the straight blade, longer reach, and extended hilt of the longsword.
Kusari-gama are great because your opponent doesn't know what to keep their eyes on, the sickle or the chain.
Kusari-gama are great because your opponent doesn't know what to keep their eyes on, the sickle or the chain.
You mean the sharpness against anything but an enemy in any sort of armor but a paper one? Katana hype is way overexaggerrated. It's not a good sword at all, but thanks to Hollywood, many people think it's the best sword in the world, able to cut through armor, tanks and the Sun itself.Callate said:
EDIT: And yes, I get the irony of my avatar vs that statement.
The unbreakable guitar from L4D2. Yea, you wish all your ninja swords and battle axes were as awesome as that thing.
It's become popular to rag on katanas, but well-made ones do have a reputation for remarkable sharpness, even to some accounts cutting through metal armor and weapons like rapiers. Ironically, by similar accounts their sometimes brittle steel had more difficulty with thirteenth century Mongol armor, becoming trapped in thick layers of hide and breaking when their wielders attempted to wrench them free.ninja666 said:
Not exactly, real world war hammers tended to be one handed weapons, essentially an evolution of earlier maces, and had handles of a similar size, though larger weapons did exist. The picture you posted though looks more like a bec de corbin.ninja666 said:Unless you're talking about oversized power fantasy warhammers, you're not really gonna be able do any of this stuff. A real warhammer is basically a mace with a ridiculously long handle.
http://www.discoverthemiddleages.com/?q=category/glossary/war-hammer
http://www.discoverthemiddleages.com/?q=category/glossary/bec-de-corbin
There were two variants of warhammers - a short, mace-like one for close quarters, and a long one for dispatching cavalry. The one I posted might be a bec de corbin, but I think it doesn't really matter that much, since the only difference between the two is the pointy, spear-like thrusting end. I focused only on showing how tiny the head of the hammer was to show that you can't really break bones and shake the ground with itMegalodon said:
A toss up between a hand-and-a-half (bastard)-style sword (one that has a longer hilt to be used either one-handed or two but still short enough to be a one-handed) and the war-axe. An axe-fight between two trained axe-fighters is beautiful and brutal at the same time. There can be a surprising amount of finesse in an axe-fight, and it is a devastating weapon overall.
The bastard sword design is nice in its versatility, allowing for both styles to be used depending on the situation without sacrificing mobility. I've never liked true two-handed swords, they're unwieldy and unsuited for true melee combat.
The bastard sword design is nice in its versatility, allowing for both styles to be used depending on the situation without sacrificing mobility. I've never liked true two-handed swords, they're unwieldy and unsuited for true melee combat.
I prefer the blade sort of weapons like sword, dagger and broadsword, that is as long I find it useful in combat (e.g. despite there are many blade weapons in Monster Hunter but I end up with the lance and shielf due to my fighting style).
I will have to say a large, fine axe of the two handed variety. Slow and hard to defend with? A little, maybe, but your opponent has to get inside your range to attack you, unless he too has a long weapon. Other equally large, long weapons are a close second, though they're not quite... axes.
I will have to say though, turning it up to 11 by making it a chainaxe makes it just so much better! And yes, my avatar is related to that.
I will have to say though, turning it up to 11 by making it a chainaxe makes it just so much better! And yes, my avatar is related to that.
