[Discuss] : choice of weapon

[psymann]

Jeff J. Wilson wrote:
> I believe that was from the age of pistols where the person didn't get to
> choose between pistols or cannon but just which set of dueling pistols to
> use.  I'm not sure if it applied to swords but if it did it would only mean
> the choice of which sword to use not the option to duel with something
> entirely different.

I have no idea what's historically correct, but allowing the defender to 
choose sword or lance sounds like more fun than not being able to, so I 
fifth it on game-play reasons alone.  It's a bit unbalanced in favour of 
swordfighting at the moment (to the extent that my char with 55% sword 
and 35% lance can get to the 3/4th round of tournaments with joust, and 
gets knocked out in the first round of swordfighting every time, and my 
bureaucrat trains his swordfighting but never his jousting - and not 
even his bureaucracy skills).

Given most people don't use cavalry, therefore don't bother with 
jousting, this would resurrect a skill that's mostly fallen by the 
wayside, and thereby bring into the game
1) more variation and choice (choose to be a specialist or all-rounder)
2) reduction of high-skilled swordfighters who are ham-fisted at 
everything else being able to beat everyone.
both of which sound good to me.

psymann


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