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Realism Discussion / Re: Katana and long sword/bastard(s)
« on: January 23, 2012, 11:37:59 am »
Which longsword are you talking about? Early medieval type (wielded with 1 hand, while katana uses 2), or the kind that's in the c-rpg, from several centuries later? 
The katana (~ 1200-1940) may compare well to a viking era sword (~ 600-1000), but later medieval swords combined the cutting (rather than chopping) functionality of earlier Western swords with serious increases in weight and length and became more and more geared toward effective thrusting.
Having said that, you should be able to use it simultaniously with the wakizachi and kogatana (hidden inside the saya atm) as per irl and at least until someone (with any brains) adds more samurai weapons for simultanious use, I would reccomend a 26-27 pt upgrade in the katana speed of the katana to simulate that there would be more samurai weapons if this was a good mod.
The katana (~ 1200-1940) may compare well to a viking era sword (~ 600-1000), but later medieval swords combined the cutting (rather than chopping) functionality of earlier Western swords with serious increases in weight and length and became more and more geared toward effective thrusting.
Having said that, you should be able to use it simultaniously with the wakizachi and kogatana (hidden inside the saya atm) as per irl and at least until someone (with any brains) adds more samurai weapons for simultanious use, I would reccomend a 26-27 pt upgrade in the katana speed of the katana to simulate that there would be more samurai weapons if this was a good mod.
