Pike
Long Spear
Battle Fork
Swiss Halberd
English Bill
Long Awlpike
You forgot about the lance, heavy lance and awlpike and I'm not sure the double-sided lance can swing sideways.
About which you should choose, all of the last screenshot are good choices. But I would advice going for the longest ones as you already have a 1h (short weapon). The great long bardiche is very long and hard-hitting, has the bonus against shields but is somewhat slow. If you choose the long hafted spiked dildo, or it's knobbed counterpart, be sure to note that you don't get crushthrough, only knockdown. Which means that succesfull hits (you inflict damage) have a chance to knock the opponent down. That usually means you get a free hit. But blocks work normally against those weapons.
The iron staff is also good. It will sadly make you look like a gimmick character (although people will underestimate you)
Well I was thinking the long war axe might be better than the Great Long Axe because you have 1 more speed (and only giving up 3 reach and 1 less damage). The price is almost 1/4 less as well (which is just a bonus, I think if they were the same price the long war axe has is better because of the 1 more speed).
I went with the long bardiche. For the money it seems like a very balanced weapon. I still wanted to have as much speed as possible and still keep as much reach. I'm not getting as much speed as the elegant poleaxe, but I have 1 less reach, and the same speed (and more damage) than the poleaxe which costs over twice as much.
I also agree that polearms (poleaxes in particular) are more group weapons, but the reason I wanted decent speed and was willing to give up a little range for it, was that in 1v1 situations against 2h'ers I need speed over distance. One or two blocks from a 2h and even with the best footwork I have, I still only have 5 athletics and am mainly cavalry oriented, so they will be able to close the gap.
No matter how much I try to distance myself, the best fighters are going to be able to block and close the gap. I think the long bardiche is a great weapon for the price, and seems pretty well balanced between speed and reach.
Regardless, thanks for everyone's opinion and information.
I highly recommend you ditch the long bardiche for the poleaxe (regular). That it is balanced and has an amazing thrust really is worth the money.
I highly recommend you ditch the long bardiche for the poleaxe (regular). That it is balanced and has an amazing thrust really is worth the money.+1 Billion have it and its a fucking amazing weapon.
The Long Bardiche is not unbalanced. It's a way cheaper poleaxe that trades thrust damage for 13% more swing damage. So it comes down to playstyle; if you like stabbing, go poleaxe. If you prefer overheads to thrusts (higher chance to one-hit, less chance to teamhit), then go Long Bardiche.
I use a Mighty Great Long Bardiche, and I currently have it on the market to trade for a Mighty Long Bardiche, so that should tell you something about how awesome the Long Bardiche is. The unbalanced stat of the GLB means I pretty much lose any duel where my first swing is blocked (since unbalanced means you can't counter-attack after blocking before your opponent's next hit lands). I didn't figure this out until I'd already loomed the GLB twice (everyone always said unbalanced only affects feinting, which isn't true).
Can the Spear, War Spear, and Red Tassel Spear be swung sideways? I've never used any spears except the Shortened (which can be sideswung) and the Long Spear (which can't).
If it can be sideswung, I was thinking a 6/33 Spear build could be a fun "Skip the Fun" char just to annoy people with stun spam. Won't kill anyone, but would be a riot. Find some solo tincan and stunlock him for a full minute.
So would someone tell the noob that I am, which of the following spears can't be side swung?
Boar Spear
Shortened Spear
Spear
Red Tassel Spear
War Spear
Ashwood Pike
Light Lance
thanks.