Well, the katana is truly unique in its speed. Still the same goes for you. If its really a weapon, being only slightly different from other weapons, keeping you in the game, it might be time you give up on the game, or atleast do when your weapon of choice is removed.
I think a flamberge gives an experience very similar to a long voulge. Same speed, very long, maybe even as long if the flamberge length is according to 2h grip. Both very heavy, only the Flamberge is not shit.
Khorin, playing with a bastard sword instead wouldn't be that much of a disaster if you still liked the game.
Ah, but it's all about style, and nerfing the Long Voulge that badly has completely ruined Bars' style. The stats may be the same on a flamberge, but the character concept, the looks and overall style is crushed. And what is cRPG if not about the opportunity to create your own style and character concept? If it denies me that, then it's no longer the same game I thought I was playing. I don't want to be a bastard sword user, the reason I started playing cRPG was because it offered different options from native.
I have tried many characters. Some of which are fun, atleast for a short while, but I always revert back to the one I love playing the most.
I have tons of alts to prove it:
Corin the Two-Hander Barbarian (Btw, Corin is the name of Conan's dad in the latest Conan movie), level 27
Ghorin the Polearm Barbarian, level 30 a STF
Thorin the Shield/Fighting Axe 1h/2h hybrid dwarf(unfortunately height cannot be adjusted, so he looks more like a viking), level 25
Chorin the Caveman, level 30
Samurai_Hokanu (heh, playing the same character statwise as my ninja. It's just not the same.), level 25
Qhorin the Polearm Ninja, level 22
Quorin the Crossbow Ninja, level 20
Keyoke the 1h/Thrower Ninja, level 28
Lujan the Archer Ninja, level 29
Occasionally, I switch Ghorin to Mickey Serendipity(STF) the duellist, dressed in duellist clothes and wielding a longsword or bastard sword.
These are the level 20+ alts, most are 25+. And you very rarely see me break my style when I play any of my characters. I create new characters when I want to try something new. Chorin is a slight exception. I use black armour on him on the duel server to troll ninjas.
And it's not because they're alts. Khorin is finished as a character, so it's not that my alts feel like a wasted of potential experience for my main. In fact, I feel quite the opposite, sometime I feel a little guilty for playing Khorin, but it's what I enjoy doing, so I ignore it.
Nevermind the time spent on the ninja clan, which would be wiped with the removal of the katana.
In any case, this is off-topic. This is about Bars and his Long Voulge, which I fully support him getting back. It was never considered OP by anyone(except ptx apparently :P), and it was never overly used. I don't see why it got nerfed so horribly.