Make thrust-attacks only chamber-blockable

[Bjord]

Only read title, didn't read post. Just -'d.

[Bjord]

This.  Blocking a thrist irl is not that hard.  It's like blocking any other attack.  It's fast and deadly, but not that hard to see coming.

Also, it's not that hard to chamber an attack irl.  In Italian longsword it's called a "Rebatare."  It roughly translates to "battering" the attack out the way, and then striking with your own.

  Fun stuff!

Doublepost:

You mean like Riposte? Sounds very similar to Rebatare. Or then again "batare" is obviously "battering", but still.

[Malaclypse]

In terms of game-balance, no. But since you posted this in the appropriate board (realism), sure, why not.

[Dexxtaa]

Thrusts are hard to block, swings are not. Only good fighters can block - or rather - parry a spear/lance thrust. To parry thrusts, you must have good timing; ingame, chamber blocking is the appropriate skill.
If someone is running around while holding his mini-blade in front of his belly, he should not be able to block spear-thrusts (to the face), because that would be ridiculous...

Suggestion is: Make Stab-attaks only blockable by chambering, thank you.
Won't ever happen, but I had to say it.

Vote NO, if you agree.
Vote YES, if you don't.

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[Ragni_Bross]

This.  Blocking a thrist irl is not that hard.  It's like blocking any other attack.  It's fast and deadly, but not that hard to see coming.

Also, it's not that hard to chamber an attack irl.  In Italian longsword it's called a "Rebatare."  It roughly translates to "battering" the attack out the way, and then striking with your own.

  Fun stuff!

There's no need to "chamber" (Deflect/parry followed by an attack) IRL really. Doing both at the same time isn't very difficult. At my HWC-group we use our swordmaster's interpretation of the schielhau to redirect and stab in one fluid movement. All it takes is some basic knowledge of "strong vs weak"

[Aethelwolf]

Bullshit

[Just A Random Pizza Guy]

More realistic, yes. But this would destroy in-game balance, making the game much harder than it already is for new players, which we somewhat need right now. It would turn the game into a stab-fest, and there would be a surplus to the already high population of polearm players.

WE DO NOT NEED MORE HOPLITES

[Ragni_Bross]

More realistic, yes. But this would destroy in-game balance, making the game much harder than it already is for new players, which we somewhat need right now. It would turn the game into a stab-fest, and there would be a surplus to the already high population of polearm players.

WE DO NOT NEED MORE HOPLITES

More realistic? Nope. Just transition from one pflug to the other and you're good to go. Stabbing from there is rather easy too.

[Casimir]

dignifying this thread with your responses was the first mistake here.