>rpg has melee weapons
>no spear
>no spear skill trees
Why do games do this?
Rpg has melee weapons
Cameron Morgan
Charles Edwards
Because spears are not practical to carry around unlike swords or even maces.
Isaac Fisher
Laziness. You can give swords, maces and axes relatively same animations for the most part, but spears handle very differently and need many extra animations.
Mason Price
>The most common weapon in the middle ages
>Not practical
Adrian Reed
>Because spears are not practical to carry around unlike swords or even maces
They can act as a walking stick
>You can give swords, maces and axes relatively same animations for the most part, but spears handle very differently and need many extra animations
That's believable. Still a damn shame.
Bentley Carter
Gungir looking sick in this one.
Easton Murphy
They are common in army. Swords were way more common outside war situations. RPGs are not about wars, its more about exploration. Bringing a spear into a dungeon is retarded idea.
Then you lose all advantage of a spear. No one will use 2 meter long walking stick. Estoc or rapier would be better.
Charles Garcia
name 43 games.
Logan Diaz
Y'all niggas wanna see some spear skills? Play Legend of Dragoon. Lavitz/Albert style on niggas with their GUST OF WIND... DANCE!
Ryan Walker
>Then you lose all advantage of a spear. No one will use 2 meter long walking stick
A) I said a walking stick, not a cane. Walking sticks and hiking poles can be quite long.
B) Short spears existed you dingus
Gabriel Price
Short spear is 6-8 feet long (180+ cm). It is inpractical for exploration or live in the city. Thats the main weakness of the pear afterall.
If spears were practical there would be 0 reasons swords to exists.
Landon Watson
>If spears were practical there would be 0 reasons swords to exists.
You are very historically ignorant, my friend.
Levi Diaz
What are some good spear games? All I can think of right now is Nioh 2
Whats even more satisfying are harpoons. Best T weapon in TTT
Gabriel Howard
>What are some good spear games?
Mountain Blade.
Isaac Adams
John Wright
polearms get shafted because the animations are different and devs are lazy
Carson Roberts
going back to take a look at any of those animations for most of the later tier additions theyre actually quite cool & remarkable
Jace Davis
I mean fucking Morrowind had them. Can't be THAT hard.
Logan Murphy
and they got rid of them as their games improved in animation quality, having one set of weapons you devote time to isn't efficient for devs concerned with maximizing profit and not making a game they love.
Samuel Young
>game doesn't have any polearms
>game has them but the moves have no weight and it's all stupid swishwooshwoosh animations
Brody Green
Cameron Fisher
Because homo sticks are lame.
Bentley Ward
Nioh 1/2 has some really fucking fun spear movesets with all the pokes and sweeps and spins and polevaults you could ask for
Luke Gomez
With Viking conquest, yes. Or a mod that gives the same buffs. Otherwise stick to literally anything else.
Jaxson Cruz
It hurts.
Andrew Baker
I need a spear in Monster Hunter.
No, Lance and Glaive don't count.
Gabriel Morales
Bentley Wood
fucking furries
Ethan Taylor
I know, right? Look at this faggot.
Gavin Long
Because weapons that can slash make for easier melee combat. Spears mostly stab and if they have slash techniques they're hindered by the fact that the blade doesn't take up most of the swing space.
Basically, swords arc in a big ole hitbox which is perfect for mindless melee combat.
Spears implement distance and would be stupid with too many slash attacks; stabing would require aiming and would feel impractical when facing multiple opponents which is often a big part of games with melee.
Spears are however, superior for 2d games with melee combat.
Parker Brown
>spear is just +5 damage to larger enemies
are there any combat systems that arent just rock paper scissors?
Nolan Price
Spears can slash, user, depending on the spearhead. I know I'd much rather have a spear when facing multiple opponents anyways.
Aiden Campbell
>Game has spears
>It's all pokes
I wish there were more games that treated spears/polearms like the IG from MH or dragoon from FF.
Owen Davis
Realismfags are legit some of the stupidest motherfuckers around.
Henry Gonzalez
Especially when they're wrong.
Hunter James
>when a spear multiclasses with a club
Zachary Campbell
Yes spears would need their own animations which is one pain in the ass
but the bigger issue is recreating the distancing power of a spear.
swords and axes get away with clipping through everything but spears have to push and poke not just let in enemy clip into and take some damage.
Like in mount and blade warband spear kinds work but once you get past the first thrust you can magically glide past the shaft and start hacking away.
Hunter King
What really gets me is they're the epitome of the dunning-kruger effect. They think that knowing a basic fact makes them a expert and that can't even fathom anyone else could have possibly also figured out this basic fact, despite the fact they almost assuredly read that fact on a popular website.