Long hafted blade is perhaps op, but point is only agility builds use them.. and agility builds are what to be nerfed in my opinion.
Besides polearms have been nerfed especially heirloomed ones. I had temperd elegant poleaxe prepatch with 98 speed. The same would have now 92 Speed with +3 modifier..
Currently i use mighty german poleaxe with 91 speed and i get outspammed by 1 and 2 handers..
I don't understand the hate on AGI builds, they die in 1-2 hits and 3 at most even in heavy armor.
maybe learn to feint so that you actually hit them instead of just swinging the same direction over and over.
Str vs Agi builds, Agi build has to hit the guy 6-8 times with a cutting weapon the str build has to hit you once with basically any weapon.
Seems pretty balanced since the agi guy will be able to dance around and hopefully score those 6-8 hits before the str guy hits him once. but one mistake on the agi builds part and he's done where the str build has lots of room for error. Anyways this is kinda off topic from the post.
The only thing I see wrong with pole arms is the ridiculous pole axes that are balanced the same as swords (balanced as in if you miss a swing you don't have to recover before swinging again, every 2h axe is unbalanced but majority of the Pole arms that look unbalanced are actually balanced & can be used to backpeddle and spam perfectly because there's no consequence to missing with your super heavy pole axe.
I always mess up when I see a pole axe come at me and then he misses so I rush forward to take the initiative, guess what happens, his balanced pole axe gets no recovery time and gets to instant swing again smashing into me and 1 hitting me.
This is the only problem I have with pole axes.
Great Long Bardiche is UNBALANCED
Great Long AXE is Balanced
LONG MAUL is UNBALANCED
German Pole axe is balanced
I just don't get it, because most of these pole axes look unbalanced but they are not.