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This sounds sooo World of Warcraft...

Actually, the halebard is a very heavy and unbalanced weapon. In real life battles a halebardier was easy prey for light pedestrian soldiers. The weapon was invented as a counter to heavy armoured riders. If you look at the weapon you will see that the axe part of the halebard forms a hook with the superior part of the handle. The halebardier would grab the rider with it and throw him on the ground, then kill him with a dagger. The axe was not that effective, perhaps only to wound the horses.

 Anyway....off topic...  

Originally posted by Joeyguy
Don\'t be shocked by tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice

If anyone wants to see Christopher Walken dance, then get your hands on the Weapon of Choice video. Very well done, I must say.

 Yes, wonderful video, good actor.


 I will use a simple light sword, probably

Ok, so there could be, maybe, four base classes of weaponry:

  1. Light - epee, rapier, dagger, stiletto, etc
  2. Medium - one handed swords and axes, clubs, etc
  3. Heavy - two handers, maces,flails, etc
  4. Very Heavy - Voulge, Halebard, Falchion, etc

  Now, consider three types of defensive moves: dodge, parry and block.
 
  A Light Weapon should not be able to block Med, Heavy and Very Heavy, should not be able to parry Heavy and Very Heavy and could use only dodge against all types of weapons.
  In a confrontation between a rapier fencer and a flail handler, the light fighter would only have the option to dodge, and that would give him a higher recovery time (it\'s only logical, considering he will not be able to stand his ground and lose more time in order to get in position for attacking). That would minimize his starting advantage of speed. The flail fighter will be able to block or parry, and maybe he could have a penalty to dodge (becouse of his heavier gear). The Block and Parry moves could have bonuses, like a succesufull Block could shatter the opponent\'s weapon and a succesfull Parry would be followed by a quicker counter to catch him off guard.

  Also, the lenght of a weapon is often an impediment, rather then an advantage. Imagine a halebardier duelling a dagger fighter .

  I think that a system that implements these pros and cons along with weapon specializations will make the game more party oriented and the battles more tactical.

  Oh...the Katana would be Medium or Heavy? As I remember from my classes it\'s handled with both hands.

I know every weapon will have it\'s characteristics, like attack speed, damage, durability, etcaetera. What I meant was that the tactics and manoevers a sword handler uses against another swordsman should be different by the ones he uses against a spearman, for example.

  Back in my student days I picked up a fencing class (never got really good at it, though). One day, my teacher, who was a former stunt coordinator and quite a jokerman said he had a demonstration for us. He gave one of my collegues (one of the best fencers)an epee, then he took for himself a chair leg. Really. And he won the duell. Why? Fencing is a complicated art that relies on momentum, balance and agility. My collegue could not block or parry the club attacks (he tried and got himself some nasty bruises) because the weapon was too strong. All he could do was to dodge continously and as a result he was constantly losing the neccesary positioning to perform an attack. He gave up after 5 minutes.

  Of course, a more experienced fencer would have found solutions, but my point is a good swordsman may have more problems duelling a bad axe fighter then fighting another good swordsman.

You can build or destroy (in gaming or life ). Women tend to build. Make a game with both the \"building\" and the \"destruction\" parts equally developed and it would attract as many females as males.

 (note #1: men can develop in women the bitter aknowledgement that destruction is a neccesity)

  (note #2: draklar, why do you think \"swords not guns\"? just curious...)