Are there Spears/Halberds in the game?

[GawainBS]

I'm afraid of spoilers to go around the internet and search, so I hope some kind soul here can answer that question.

Thanks in advance!

[Crenshinibon]

I find this pretty disappointing, but it seems that there are no pole-arms within the game.

[GawainBS]

I was afraid you'd say that. One of mankind's most used weapons always seems to get the short end of the stick in RPGs.
Thanks for clearing it up.

[Crenshinibon]

Apparently all weapons use the same attack animation, which would be unsuitable for the polearm type weapons. That's the main reason why they weren't included.

[GawainBS]

For a title with this budget, that's a stupid reason.

[Crenshinibon]

Or they did make it and have a DLC just waiting to come out.

[GawainBS]

And I thought I was a cynic.

[Kiwi]

When the early D&D rose out of "Chainmail", it brought with it a fascination with armaments, and I clearly remember being appalled at the huge number and variety of polearms. Eventually, I found a reference book from the "Paladin" game that was filled with illustrations, and really, after all, a great many of those multiple names involved minor variations among the same basic 8-10 overall designs.

The basic spear was less expensive and the "spearmanship" involved was greatly simpler than using swords. Weapons like the Falchion were an attempt at getting a slashing type weapon into the hands of your part-time summer levy, who would have been so clumsy with a normal sword as to be useless, but the spears always proved more potent in such hands.

Very few, if any, CRPGs have even paid much attention to the common man's plight when called up to serve, but the one type weapon that did prove to be extremely effective in making those levies into dangerous opponents was one or another "axe on a long pole", such as the Halberd. That type appeared late, probably overlapping into the firearms era.

Because it was late to appear, it's difficult to assess it historically, but it had the potential for being a very serious threat on the battlefield (so much so, that if modeled accurately in these PC games, becomes a very desirable weapon for a high-strength warrior who might otherwise wield a two handed axe or a great sword).

I suspect that the potential game-tipping qualities of at least that type polearm may discourage its inclusion (and then, there are various pikes, which are an entirely different and equally "unbalancing" variety of weapon).

[GawainBS]

That's just a false reason not to include them as the previous one. I don't really care how "correct" each weapon is implemented. How would you even measure that? Just give us some variation. Besides, polearms were one of the most popular weapons ever. Certainly more viable and useful than dualwielding...

[Revi]

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Originally Posted by GawainBS the short end of the stick

Pun intended?