Spikey844 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 That was my thought as well. A blade on the end of a stick IS an effective weapon. I have studied Halberd, Naginata and several spear forms. Reach MATTERS in a melee fight. ESPECIALLY if you are fighting things that attack close up. Say... subverting their targets by touch, taking control of any tech on their targets or something like that? Not that I WOULD want to fight the Borg with a bladed stick, mind you... Then fight them with a bladed lamp post :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatzeputt Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 That was my thought as well. A blade on the end of a stick IS an effective weapon. I have studied Halberd, Naginata and several spear forms. Reach MATTERS in a melee fight. ESPECIALLY if you are fighting things that attack close up. Say... subverting their targets by touch, taking control of any tech on their targets or something like that? Not that I WOULD want to fight the Borg with a bladed stick, mind you... The Macedonian phalanx and later the Swiss pike men squares were quite troublesome (for your enemy) and very effective battle formations. Reach does matter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalenath Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) The Macedonian phalanx and later the Swiss pike men squares were quite troublesome (for your enemy) and very effective battle formations. Reach does matter! Roman legionnaires did NOT rely on the sword. They used the spear FAR more often. Both for thrusting and throwing. I WOULD like to see a 'javelin' type of primary weapon. A throwing spear. (Roman Pilum anyone? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilum Puncture weapon that disables enemies as well as damaging them) Until then? I am going to enjoy Serro, Orthos and Tonbo as well as Bo, Amphis and Tipedo (which I STILL think should have been classified as polearm, but they made it from a staff, so I guess it has to be a staff... *sigh*). Edited February 19, 2015 by Kalenath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrotSalad Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) OMG if warframe had spears <3 must be mine my boat has a spear gun in it.. Aswell as spears.. But these are weapon trees' we are yet to see ingame. Edited February 19, 2015 by CarrotSalad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZirilanOfTheClaw Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 The Macedonian phalanx and later the Swiss pike men squares were quite troublesome (for your enemy) and very effective battle formations. Reach does matter! Reach matter, it's a fact. And that makes me think about how we don't have a ... right enemy to properly fight melee in WF, that's sad. The Stalker are funny when he uses the Hate's combos, it's a nice fight, but we don't have more guys to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalenath Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Reach matter, it's a fact. And that makes me think about how we don't have a ... right enemy to properly fight melee in WF, that's sad. The Stalker are funny when he uses the Hate's combos, it's a nice fight, but we don't have more guys to do it. Not yet. Might be... interesting to see all of the Boltor Prime fanboys suddenly start to cry if their primary (and only used) weapon is suddenly negated for part of the mission and they have to fight hordes of melee enemies who corrupt with a touch. Edited February 19, 2015 by Kalenath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikey844 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Not yet. Might be... interesting to see all of the Boltor Prime fanboys suddenly start to cry if their primary (and only used) weapon is suddenly negated for part of the mission and they have to fight hordes of melee enemies who corrupt with a touch. Hold back the horde the old fashioned way? Where do I sign up?*sharpens sword* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbister Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 KAWAII DESU DESU DESU thats what i know from your people's language sorry, i dont really know what youre saying so here's an irrelevant response And what is "my people"? do you even know me? or you are just disrespectful to random people based on your own poor judgment and prejudices? Also if you really do not understand the message nobody is forcing you to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZirilanOfTheClaw Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Not yet. Might be... interesting to see all of the Boltor Prime fanboys suddenly start to cry if their primary (and only used) weapon is suddenly negated for part of the mission and they have to fight hordes of melee enemies who corrupt with a touch. Don't say that D: One time I go primary and melee (my beloved Braton Prime) to Earth to take some Neurode and make some tests with mods, and a Drakk Master take away my gun. For the rest of the mission I was unable to find her again, only fightning with a poor low level melee that I was leveling up. And there I learn to dodge and block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalenath Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) And there I learn to dodge and block. And THAT puts you ahead of a LOT of people in game who think that spraying and praying is the ONLY way to go. Me? I use all of my weapons FAR more than my abilities. I prefer the bow and sniper weapons myself. But I STILL get the 'OMG that is COOL!' feeling when I slash an enemy in half. Edited February 19, 2015 by Kalenath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatzeputt Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Looks more like a Guandao to me tbh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guandao So no Tonbogiri but rather a Green Dragon Crescent Blade Edited February 19, 2015 by Hatzeputt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalenath Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Or a billhook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook) on a pole. Medieval version was NASTY as King James IV of Scotland found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faustias Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) A good example is all of the nodes of the starchart - many of them are moons of their respective planets, but others can range from things as obscure as geographic regions on Earth that have some sort of resemblance to the location, to varied active/extinct mythologies from numerous cultures around the world. like Europa's nodes are named after demons. Looks more like a Guandao to me tbh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guandao So no Tonbogiri but rather a Green Dragon Crescent Blade Orthos is a Guandao... but then again it's a double ended. Edited February 19, 2015 by faustias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZirilanOfTheClaw Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 We need a real scythe (death's like). Or a throwing scythe. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IANOBW Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 And what is "my people"? do you even know me? or you are just disrespectful to random people based on your own poor judgment and prejudices? Also if you really do not understand the message nobody is forcing you to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LascarCapable Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 THREADU NO MOVING NO OFFTOPICO DESU ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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