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cRPG => Suggestions Corner => Topic started by: Rhaelys on March 01, 2013, 11:14:25 pm

Title: The website should indicate if a weapon is usable with a shield
Post by: Rhaelys on March 01, 2013, 11:14:25 pm: Looking through the forums I saw a thread suggesting that shields list how many slots they can take, which reminded me about an issue I noticed with the website: it does not say which weapons can be used with a shield.

Well, that's not really a problem, right? 1-handers can be used with shields, 2-handers cannot be used with shields, and polearms cannot be used with shields.

Except for the Goedendag, Bastard Sword, Heavy Bastard Sword, and Longsword, which are usable with a shield.

And about half of the polearms, which can be used with a shield. I was going to take the time to list all of them, but then I remembered that I don't actually know which polearms can or cannot be used with a shield. There isn't an easy-to-apply rule, such as length of weapon because the Ashwood Pike (166 reach) can be used with a shield but the Awlpike (165 reach) cannot. The Voulge (124 reach) cannot be used with a shield, but the Military Scythe (155 reach), a side-swingable weapon like the Voulge can be used with a shield.

In short, if someone who has been playing this mod for two and a half years can't remember which weapons can and cannot be used with a shield, then how can we expect new players to, the ones who will need that information the most and won't necessarily have a clan member or friend to ask?

tl;dr add shield co-usability information to weapons on the website
Title: Re: The website should indicate if a weapon is usable with a shield
Post by: Andy on March 02, 2013, 12:11:09 am: Real men don't use sheilds, we block arrows with our minds.
Title: Re: The website should indicate if a weapon is usable with a shield
Post by: Moncho on March 02, 2013, 12:14:35 am: +1, would be useful, I did not remember for example than the goedendag can be used with shield

Quote from: Andy on March 02, 2013, 12:11:09 am
Real men don't use sheilds, we block arrows with our minds.
And then run to the forums tail between your legs crying NERF! OP! QQ!
Title: Re: The website should indicate if a weapon is usable with a shield
Post by: Ronin on March 03, 2013, 01:41:02 pm: I agree. I was shocked when I found out awlpikes can not be used with a shield, but a fauchard can be. Of course I had to spend my money to find out which weapons could be used, to try them in-game.
Title: Re: The website should indicate if a weapon is usable with a shield
Post by: Rhekimos on March 03, 2013, 07:02:26 pm: The website has weapon length twice in the weapon stats. Might as well remove that and add this information instead.