Flails! : V

» Tue May 03, 2011 7:28 am

i think those are awesome weapons that should be in skyrim.
your thoughts?
imagine smacking people with the spiked ball on a chain swinging around!

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:43 am

Yes please.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:46 am

Eh. Flails are my favorite medieval weapon and all, but my god, can you imagine programming those in the game without them being the most buggy things ever? It's so hard to include flails in a game with physics like we have today. Too much effort for too little pay off. Spend time on better things, I say.

» Tue May 03, 2011 2:32 am

If it comes down to spears vs flails, I would choose spears. Spears feel perfect for Skyrim. Hell, our ancestors used it to hunt down mammoths! Flails feel more European crusader medieval.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:33 am

It would indeed be awesome.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:04 am

Eh. Flails are my favorite medieval weapon and all, but my god, can you imagine programming those in the game without them being the most buggy things ever? It's so hard to include flails in a game with physics like we have today. Too much effort for too little pay off. Spend time on better things, I say.

Sadly I have to agree with Velorien. It would be so awesome though.

» Tue May 03, 2011 2:39 am

Flails are one of those weapons I couldn't master, so odd. Guess it was an effective weapon for certain situations, but the spear was so much more versatile.

Regardless, my answer is just like that of spears.

If BGS can get it right, go for it. If not, best to leave it out.

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:10 am

One look at the way things have worked under Havok physics and I can only imagine flails as painful comic relief. Hit giant for 10 points, flail head Havoks back into you for 25 then begins a frantic match of "ping-pong to the death!"

» Mon May 02, 2011 6:53 pm

I guess if you want. I doubt they will be in just because I dont see it as an effective weapon.

» Tue May 03, 2011 12:00 am

If it comes down to spears vs flails, I would choose spears. Spears feel perfect for Skyrim. Hell, our ancestors used it to hunt down mammoths! Flails feel more European crusader medieval.

Had to go there didn't you.

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:25 am

Had to go there didn't you.

Yep. We did.

» Tue May 03, 2011 2:43 am

I prefer the spear

» Mon May 02, 2011 7:06 pm

Eh. Flails are my favorite medieval weapon and all, but my god, can you imagine programming those in the game without them being the most buggy things ever? It's so hard to include flails in a game with physics like we have today. Too much effort for too little pay off. Spend time on better things, I say.

This is all that needs to be said, thread over

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:29 pm

they could try but flails would be hard to implement, you are technically not able to block with it
so even if they were in the game they would be a flail

» Mon May 02, 2011 6:45 pm

they could try but flails would be hard to implement, you are technically not able to block with it
so even if they were in the game they would be a flail

:facepalm:

Just remembered, NVN had flails I think. Obviously, very different style game, but I remember dual wielding flails. Awkward.

» Mon May 02, 2011 8:49 pm

hard to make, but awesome.

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:13 am

As soon as I saw this thread I knew it would soon have people calling for spears :rolleyes:

» Mon May 02, 2011 8:32 pm

As soon as I saw this thread I knew it would soon have people calling for spears :rolleyes:

the only spears I want are in pickle form

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:39 am

hard to make, but awesome.

This

But i would love them
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1170767-new-weapon-flails/

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:08 am

You could stick them in the ground and play extreme tetherball!

If the devs have time, it would be cool, otherwise w/e.

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:34 am

Only if when you are an a Journeyman or less with ~~Blunt~~ One Handed weapons you have a 50% chance of hitting yourself in the head.

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:08 pm

they even had flails in arena! or was it daggerfell... hmm... or both?

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:47 am

I'm with everyone else on the whole spear vs. flail thing. I go with spears, they just seem to fit so well with the whole dragon thing.

» Tue May 03, 2011 6:22 am

I wonder if you could give the flail a skeleton, then use Havok Behavior with it to give it more realistic movement?

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:08 am

Eh. Flails are my favorite medieval weapon and all, but my god, can you imagine programming those in the game without them being the most buggy things ever? It's so hard to include flails in a game with physics like we have today. Too much effort for too little pay off. Spend time on better things, I say.

Just because it's on a chain doesn't mean they have to use physics. It would be nice, but they could just have an attack animation. They had chain physics in OB, so they could do it though.