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Do you think Great Weapon Fighters need bigger swords?

lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
edited June 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
You see them running around. With those huge sharpened hunks of metal... or clubs... strapped to their backs. Especially funny when it's a Dwarf or Halfling running around with one. Anyways...

Will they end up weilding even bigger blades? Like the one a certain blonde spikey haired emotional character in a popular Japanese RPG in the distant past? And how ridiculously large can those blades get before they're more a hinderance than a boon to the Great Weapon Fighter?
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"Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
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  • blackwolllllfblackwolllllf Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    how about you do something usefull? of course that will not happen with this game and next time put your post on a better forum not on general discussion cause nobody cares
  • chrono0812chrono0812 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 501 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    lonnehart wrote: »
    You see them running around. With those huge sharpened hunks of metal... or clubs... strapped to their backs. Especially funny when it's a Dwarf or Halfling running around with one. Anyways...

    Will they end up weilding even bigger blades? Like the one a certain blonde spikey haired emotional character in a popular Japanese RPG in the distant past? And how ridiculously large can those blades get before they're more a hinderance than a boon to the Great Weapon Fighter?

    Great post Made me laugh, not only that,but you seemed to have angered a few people in the process which is always a plus.

    Keep up the good work
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  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    chrono0812 wrote: »
    Great post Made me laugh, not only that but you seemed to anger a few people in the process which is always a plus.

    Keep up the good work

    This exactly. Nicely done.

    Personally, the swords are stupid huge. Id much rather see them smaller. But thats not a fight id really want to get into. I know how touchy guys can get when it comes to the size of their swords.
  • jonddnjonddn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 154 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    Heck let me tie a halfling to a big stick and swig that around or bash a orc in the face with it. Now that would be an epic weapon.. in more ways than one XD
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  • ananvilhurtzananvilhurtz Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    As a Halfling GWF, my sword often drags several inches underground, if you get my drift.
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  • deknodekno Member Posts: 181 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    i think the dwarfs should have big balls.
  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    It's all about size...
    Hoping for improvements...
  • kwequakwequa Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Thank one thing I really dislike in these games if WAY over size weapons. I'd like em smaller..
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  • ambisinisterrambisinisterr Member, Neverwinter Moderator Posts: 10,462 Community Moderator
    edited June 2013
    Whenever I see threads like this I can't help but think of Sanosuke Sagara's Giant Sword.

    The swords in Neverwinter are already big. I don't think I could bear to see Sanosuke's Sword enter the mix. That stuff is fine and dandy in anime but absolutely not what I want to see in D&D. :)
  • sasheriasasheria Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    ambisinisterr wrote: »
    Whenever I see threads like this I can't help but think of Sanosuke Sagara's Giant Sword.

    The swords in Neverwinter are already big. I don't think I could bear to see Sanosuke's Sword enter the mix. That stuff is fine and dandy in anime but absolutely not what I want to see in D&D. :)

    Hehe... or even Cloud sword would be too big.
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  • druidofdisasterdruidofdisaster Member Posts: 60
    edited June 2013
    I'd prefer to see the ice axe's placement on your back to be changed to fix the clipping issues than bigger swords.
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  • ambisinisterrambisinisterr Member, Neverwinter Moderator Posts: 10,462 Community Moderator
    edited June 2013
    sasheria wrote: »
    Hehe... or even Cloud sword would be too big.

    Indeed!

    The thing that gets me is that when I look at both of those it's not only physically impossible for a human being to use weapons that large due to lever laws the weight of the sword alone would be enough to snap the sword off the handle.

    While I feel the swords in Neverwinter are too large that's normal. Honestly if we used anatomically correct swords things would be very lack-luster. Right now the "daggers" the rogues use are short swords. The longswords are two handed weapons. Module 1 is stated to give rogues the ability to use Short Swords too but I have a feeling those will more be along the lines of a true longsword.

    The two handed swords are...well they're good mantelpiece decorations!

    So truly I'm fine with all that because it is a bit disheartening to use anatomically correct weapons. But anything bigger would destroy any chance at the realism I expect from D&D.
  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    ambisinisterr wrote: »
    Right now the "daggers" the rogues use are short swords. The longswords are two handed weapons. Module 1 is stated to give rogues the ability to use Short Swords too but I have a feeling those will more be along the lines of a true longsword.


    So it won't be long before we see Rogues dual wielding Katanas, except that they're Wakizashis instead?

    As for giant swords being unwieldly, I think they'd be more like blunt weapons after seeing this video...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNc7kHADtUw
    *sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

    "Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
  • druidofdisasterdruidofdisaster Member Posts: 60
    edited June 2013
    ambisinisterr wrote: »
    The thing that gets me is that when I look at both of those it's not only physically impossible for a human being to use weapons that large due to lever laws the weight of the sword alone would be enough to snap the sword off the handle.
    GWF would fit right in to the Kara-Tur setting, a No-dachi Samurai paragon path would be epic.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cdachi

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  • kr0owekr0owe Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 104 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    lonnehart wrote: »
    You see them running around. With those huge sharpened hunks of metal... or clubs... strapped to their backs. Especially funny when it's a Dwarf or Halfling running around with one. Anyways...

    Will they end up weilding even bigger blades? Like the one a certain blonde spikey haired emotional character in a popular Japanese RPG in the distant past? And how ridiculously large can those blades get before they're more a hinderance than a boon to the Great Weapon Fighter?

    I dont mind them being bigger or whatever but I think they should lower the atk speed of GWF by like 50% and give them much higher amount of dmg per swing instead, I mean they swing those blades faster then a GF that use a one handed blade and that doesnt make any sense at all.

    When you swing the blade with a GF you can almost feel the power but with a GWF its like swinging a toyblade made for a 5 years old kid cuz they doesnt seem to have any weight at all.
  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Now there is one huge sword that I can see GWFs wielding. Just one problem... the weapon is intelligent. Anime fans will recognize Grospliner, the weapon wielded by the main heroine of the anime/manga "Silent Mobius. While it would be very heavy to everyone else, the sword is bound to the soul of its wielder, so lifting and swinging it would be like lifting and swinging his arm around.

    Still, intelligent weapons are trouble. Especially if it's a big sword with a booming voice, evil personality, and an addiction to fresh blood...
    *sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

    "Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
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