What do you think? Bardiche: worth it?Totally worth it on horseback because reach is very important there, but on foot with 7 athletics I'd choose the axe because of it's speed.
You should just try it out and see how you like it, assuming you're not talking about a loomed one. I mean if you didn't end up liking it just switch back to your good old Great Axe :D(click to show/hide)
That's part of my hesitancy - my Great Axe is loomed, so if I am testing out the unloomed Bardiche the difference will be even greater, during the trial period.
And, don't cry for me, Frisian Freedom. I'm sill Fimbulvetr until the end!
Had a clanmate swear by an unloomed great bardiche. He used it on horseback for a gen with the nasty 24-15 build, but he also used it in pure melee str builds. Having just struggled through a 2h gen, I learned some nice tricks with it. It seems that if you're using an unbalanced (or really any 2h that isn't a HBS, Longsword, or a few others) you can perform very nice holds. For example, a held leftswing while wiggling insanely back and forth can act as a sort of feint. With a longer weapon, which your bardiche certainly would be, jumping is actually very effective. Try a jump with a left or right swing while looking straight down. Almost certain headshot if you land it, it can go over shields, and it looks fucking awesome.Im sure you cant use a great bardiche on hb? But it's amazing on foot, try it i'd say! Even unloomed, i got 7 ps, it wrecks.
It's also worth noting that since the cutting surface of the bardiche is curved, you will get a marginal amount of nice "ghost-reach" on it. I do not say this out of some empirical testing, but out of anecdotal experience and reliable advice. It's not going to be a huge amount like on a scimitar or something, but you can often throw out an unexpected shot to someone's face with it that spurs them into complaining in allchat.
Im sure you cant use a great bardiche on hb? But it's amazing on foot, try it i'd say! Even unloomed, i got 7 ps, it wrecks.
You're damn right you can't. It must have been a regular bardiche, then. My mistake, but I guess good news for the newly clothed friend here.Normal bardiche is great on hb though, 1 hits a buttload of players, if not too heavy armored. :)
I used one as 2hand cav/infantry for a while. It kind of sucks. Too slow. Makes CQC horse combat awkward, and its pretty shitty in close up melee, only good at ganking.just backstab 1-hit the shit out of medium armored players! 8-)
I used one as 2hand cav/infantry for a while (+3). It kind of sucks. Too slow. Makes CQC horse combat awkward, and its pretty shitty in close up melee, only good at ganking. Damage is nice and feels fun to destroy people/cause rage but swinging the weapon itself in any situation isn't fun.
By your summation would you say that the Great Axe sucks, too, for all of the same reasons?
...I like fighting groups of enemies by myself 1 vs 4 etc...
When I use regular bardiche or morningstar on horsback, what kind of WPF is needed? 1H or 2 Hjust twohanded wpf