Yes, and no.
On one hand, it's realistic and a good addition.
On the other, it's wonky to block and still acts as an overhead, and not a stab.
only works as overhead on the blocking part. You block high.If it is the same high-stab as in WFaS then it rear horses.
The animation is a stab, but you can't move it up or down like the normal stab. I don't know if you can rear horses with it though.
but its useful to hit the horseman and not the horse. In my experience its harder to hit, but easier headstabs.
I'm fine with this if pikes and longspears become unable to block.if this every happens, it should be impossible to block multiple pikes at the same time. otherwise piking is just useless
if this every happens, it should be impossible to block multiple pikes at the same time. otherwise piking is just useless
Make my awlpike also have that and it will be like NW i ran away from ^.^
That's kind of the point BK (that you can't block 3 pikes stabbing at you at the same time). Get a shield, or get more people. As Inglorious said, once you get close enough, those 3 pikemen are pretty useless if they have a 1h/shield or really anyone with a smaller weapon in their face.You know... Now when being alone versus those 3 guys you can't kill any one them because you have to keep blocking but if there were 2 of them with upper-stabs and they knew what to do, even surviving could be hard.
The only problem I foresee with this, is trying to determine if the 5 pikes coming at me are up or down stabs :P
Same if a current piker is with a 2hander...You seem not to like 2h weapons...
i don't see the problem in it being hard if you are outnumbered (1v2 or 1v3) Its should be hard.
You seem not to like 2h weapons...I'm guessing that's 'cause 2h swords generally are brokenly overpowered.
NO
just no, cuz atm some people can kill another people 1 vs 1 just with running and 1 hit direction... what should be if they shall have 2 directions?
yes if remove blocks for pikes
If no overhead stab is coming, then pikes and long spears need overhead slash back, no matter how ridiculous it looks like it still made them atleast somewhat viable alternative to 2h bundle of sticksry
but pike has small stun
Excuse me, what did you just say?
Or make it braceable against enemy cav like in Deluge.There is not a single situation in cRPG where I see bracing a pike having any use.
Nono, im pretty sure poles still lock people in place from time to time, not enough to land another hit or anything but when i poke people they get stuck, but when i slash with 1h they can still keep moving after being hit.
I really like this idea for hoplites. I don't think it's as good for pikes, but the big flaw for hoplites is that they can ONLY stab low. Therefore I think that adding an overhead attack (at least for the shorter spears) would really be beneficial.
In addition, it is also very realistic as Greek hoplites stabbed overhead most of the time. It really surprised me as they are usually depicted (Rome Total War) as stabbing underhand, but I've read quite a few sources that say they fought with overhand stabs primarily. Some pictures just to emphasize the point:(click to show/hide)(click to show/hide)(click to show/hide)(click to show/hide)