Spinning around with polearms

[Xant]

Consistently blocking while violently moving your camera around is trickier than blocking while keeping your camera relatively steady. Sadly it's possible to build your character such that you can survive numerous blocking errors, but that's not really the fault of spin stabs.

Every change that reduces the number of viable options a player has in melee reduces the depth of melee combat, and decreases the skill gap between players. Considering the community is growing more skilled over time, this is the exact opposite of what should probably be happening.

Personally I would like new tricks and mechanics to be added for players to learn. Getting better at the game right now is mostly just a matter of polishing mechanics that you have already understood for well over a year. This is a lot less exciting than combat was a (long) while back, when people were still discovering new tricks and tactics.

I can't speak for other players, but for me the feeling of getting better and learning new things is what makes a multiplayer game fun. Reducing available options feels like the opposite of this.

Yeah, agreed completely. But I think it's way too late now.

[bilwit]

Just hop on NA servers and lolspin/polestun to your heart's content.

[Froto_the_Loc]

Wasn't the spinning with a chambered attack nerf part of the warband update in all?

[Miley]

Polestagger's fine--you can't spam a polearm like a two-hander.

[cmp]

Also 2h are getting another nerf soon.

wat

[LordBerenger]

Ehm, the spinning nerf goes for all weapons, not just polearms. Also 2h are getting another nerf soon.

I think their nerf was that they can't spinstab as much. Too bad there's no proper reach nerf which is the real problem. Let em have spinstab and shit just nerf reach lol.

[Hunter_the_Honourable]

I think their nerf was that they can't spinstab as much. Too bad there's no proper reach nerf which is the real problem. Let em have spinstab and shit just nerf reach lol.

that is probably the most sensible thing you have ever said thats not bullshit. 

[SixThumbs]

"The mad duck made something spin around!"
"Jeff does not have any PP"

[Vibe]

wat

I was refering to the post where you said that "2h are getting a nice surprise" which made me think that 2h are getting a nerf.

[BD_SUPERBEAST]

Shit u can no lolstab with poles now omg!!! how can that be? Maybe cause pole users been crying about 2 years about lolstabbing and doing it themselves(as it was a game mechanic doable with any thrustable weapon)? Rofl . Really the forums here are getting more and more hilarious each day.

Nerf lolstab nerf lolstab! omg i can not lolstab! xDDDDD

[Leshma]

I was refering to the post where you said that "2h are getting a nice surprise" which made me think that 2h are getting a nerf.

That was before spin stab nerf

[Christo]

What about 2handed sword stabs getting polearm stab animation?

This can lead to a stab damage buff, even.

[Vibe]

That was before spin stab nerf

Oh didn't think it was this since pole and 1h were affected by it too.

[Oberyn]

Does it go for bows as well?

[Draggon]

I personally never felt the spin stab was much of a problem, it's a viable tactic IMO.  But what's fuqed up about polearms in general to me has always been the fact that you can stab someone right next to you with a 15-foot weapon.  When I used that during my 2 Gens as polearms I thought it was hilarious and great at the same time.  Now that I'm no longer poles, it's as aggravating as losing connection during a good porn vid.