Pike is soooo good as a support role. Overhead from it is entirely unrealistic but so is one person blocking ten pikes at a time with his short sword. I prefer overhead gone simply for the sake that it is entirely silly to be using a pike as a dueling weapon. At least this makes the Swiss an appetizing option for those who want to forsake a little bit of range for another attack direction. It seems like a support weapon, much like the pike. Imagine the tk's this thing would cause if you gave it 4 directions.