Yeah, now it is identical to the flammy since it has no weapon-based nudges. Can't say it really lost out on the pole nudge since it is most similar to the flammy, and that doesn't have the pole nudge either. While it didn't really lose much, it did
gain the option of pole or 2h stab, which is a really cool feature. If I'm not mistaken, it still uses 2h wpf while in "pole mode*" which means if you get into some cqc then you can swap stab modes and just shank away. I wish there was a way to make halfswording with all 2h use either 2h or pole wpf, somehow. This way any 2h can use the polearm nudge (except for HGS users
) and get the option of a shorter/more damaging stab.
*Don't quote me on this, it's what someone told me... I've yet to use this weapon myself.