Yes, but there are no polearms in Skyrim. Just long heavy axes.

Ever play NV dead money, it's going to be like those "spears."

oh well a halberd suits me fine

Long thin and hard. Erm, forget I said that.
Styles: The "Military" style, as you put it.
Throwable: Meeeh, not really. I tried using throwing spears in NV and it was more annoying than cool.
Types of polearms: Ooooh ooooh, can I haz http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Naginata.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naginata.jpg&usg=__WwdAsQ3ST-QKV5uIZ98uRS5zJb0=&h=2000&w=1600&sz=58&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=lrwlxpyKIiUM1M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnaginata%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D810%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=Aq1WTbugOo2zhAfFtJnNDA? Or possibly a http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/018/c/a/War_Scythe_by_Celruian.jpg&imgrefurl=http://celruian.deviantart.com/art/War-Scythe-150917135%3Fq%3Dsort%253Atime%2Bgallery%253Acelruian%26qo%3D2&usg=__5v3ZE0Go5f2bWEHoraNIO8nrU5U=&h=992&w=815&sz=49&hl=en&start=11&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=3AugCvQ_5A1tMM:&tbnh=149&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwar%2Bscythe%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D810%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=Tq1WTc1WjoCFB9nQ5NUM?

So in this chart it looks like you can equip a 2 handed polearm in both hands. How is that possible, they're 2 handed.

And why doesn't the chart mention axes?

It doesn't say that at all. There is a reason those red X's are there.

:down: :down: :down: :down: :down: Are you a real Argonian or what? Please give us spears!!! And please give us flails!!!

:blink: But there isn't a red X in that field, it says "Pure damage fighter".

Unless I'm too dumb to interpret that chart.

But still, why aren't axes listed there? Oh well, at least we know they're in.

The diagram isn't intended to be exhaustive. And the Xs are invalid combinations - you can't use a pole-arm and shield at the same time, for obvious reasons, and you can't use a pole-arm and magic at the same time (not as limiting as it sounds, because you presumably can still use a pole-arm and thu'um simultaneously).

From the looks of things, I think we'll see halberds and pikes and so on, but no actual, two-handed spears (i.e., spears in the classic spear sense). I wouldn't rule out the classic Viking one-handed throwing spear, though.

spot on, this is what I was thinking about when i meant medieval.

regardless i think its good news for spear lovers in general as we know a basic set of animations for 'long unwieldy stick with a pointy end' so modders should find it relatively easy to add in the spears we're all clamouring for.

Yeah, great for people with PCs......

Polearms being in the Skyrim has been confirmed for a long time with a lot of concept art and Todd saying that "spears wouldn't be in the game at least not in the traditional sense." So spear lovers shouldn't rejoice because spears aren't going to be in the game but as I've said before, spear lovers should rejoice because polearms look similar but more ornate and eliminates the overpowered aspect of spears (stabbing) and replaces it with swings.

As for polearms being throwable, that's not what you do with a halberd or bardiche hehe.

No, spears are a type of polearm but spears aren't in skyrim. The polearms in Skyrim are like bardiches and halberds which I don't see why spear lovers can't settle with them, they are basically the same things except they look better for the most part and they don't have the broken stabbing action. So spear loves get their blades on a stick back but balanced because you swing the weapon instead of using the weapon to stab people and permanently keeping them away. But of course, this isn't good enough for many of the die hard spear fans for some reason (I don't see the allure of spears other than they were overpowered in Morrowind, which is why I think so many people love them and don't think that a balanced pole weapon will be good enough to make up for spears.)

There should be gyro-balanced dwarven pole-chainsaw and you should be able to make force throw like in Jedi Academy. I would use it on my dworc character.

BTW, is it dworc or dworck?

I'm still hoping to see Viking spears. One-handed throwing spears are different enough from "the classic spear sense" that I don't think they've been conclusively ruled out.

Also, it would mean the ability to dual-wield spears.

Preferably I'd want http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplite style spear combat (is that what you mean by medieval? Technically it's classical, but that's just the history geek in me). If all we're getting are "polearms", then I wouldn't mind if it had to be in a more stylistic martial arts style. [Sarcasm]I would like to see the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarissa make an appearance in Skyrim so I can win the game EZ mode with 18 foot range stabbing.[/Sarcasm]

I lol'd at confused turtle...

I want a staff like the purple ninja turtle.

Obvious reasons? How many times do we see guards with shields and spears in movies or comic books? ( Roman soldiers for instance ) one handed polearms should allow shields methinks..

Oh, well, yeah, one-handed pole-arms, you can obviously use those with shields. But most people think of pole-arms as an inherently two-handed weapon.

I like a "stabby-stabby" style of combat with polearms. I think the phrase "A Phalanx of One" describes my preferred style of combat.

That said, I also like the idea of "stabby-stabby" combat even if it's not so defensive at the above type (similar to above style, but without shield, more offensive).

So basically, I want to poke with my polearms.

If they could implement anytime of fighting style and if in real life you can throw a pole arm you should in the game at like dragons and stuff.

I get the feeling that "polearms" in the diagram from the magazine refers to two-handed warhammers and axes.... Is there reason to think otherwise?

How about "two handed warhammers and axes aren't pole-arms"?

Actually...some polearms do have axe heads,and hammer heads too.
Look them up on the net,there are many types.