hey, I'm just bringing in my ideas. (And many of them have been implemented across the life of this mod)
Of course I mostly know the game from my perspective, and they will therefore be a bit jaded..
I don't understand that this suggestion is so bad. Yes, it would further separate 2h and polearms, but this would be good, as they are quite the same right now. (in actual use.)
And of course this would be murder for polearmers dueling swords, but battle efficiency would be much greater if one increased the damage they do.
And honestly Paul, battle efficiency is what weapons should be balanced to, not dueling power. Balancing weapons for duels has created a bias towards certain weapons in battle, at the same time as any weapon can win against any weapon. I would rather have harder counters and weaknesses. If you want a jack of all trades weapon, that weapon would not be good in anything.. But this would of course require a whole change in the philosophy of what kind of game you want.