Which weapon would you rather have : V - Skyrim

» Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:27 pm

How can you have a game where you have to kill dragons and not have spears?

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:16 am

I want a spear you could fight with but also throw as that is what spears were actually used as. I dream of impaling dragons.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:05 am

Sai!

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:12 am

How can you have a game where you have to kill dragons and not have spears?

This^^

+ it's been the most common weapon in the world for centuries so it seems weird for a medieval-styled fantasy game not to have them

» Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:12 pm

How can you have a game where you have to kill dragons and not have spears?

To answer that question, find the answer to this one. How was the dragon, slain in "The Hobbit?"

But, to be fair to the lovers of polearms, St. George, perhaps the most famous dragonslayer, used a lance.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:37 am

I said flails even though I am a stealth-based player.

I mean...
How great would it be to swing a spiked bowling bowl around your Head only to come crashing down on an opponent seconds later.

» Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:36 pm

Polearms or crossbows, but leaning more towards polearms.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:36 am

All of the above! If I just HAD to choose one though, it would be throwing weapons.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:02 am

I'd like to see throwing weapons return: throwing knives, axes, javelins, shurikens and even flasks of poison gas or burning oil etc. would be cool.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:23 am

Polearms. I don't like any of the others, except MAYBE flails. And I prefer halberds and whatnot. Spears are severely overrated.

I don't even know what I would do with a whip or nunchaku in the event of a dragon fight. Probably poo myself and wave the whip ineffectually at it.

» Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:36 pm

Polearms here too. So many types of polearms which can give a broad range of variety, and also some polearms can be used in more than one way eg with its blade or spike or hook

» Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:34 pm

Polearms (Spears, Halberds, Lances, etc)-Could be cool, More reach but slower attack.
Flails- I don't think so, to clunky and clumsy.
Crossbows- I like it, not really necessary though
Nunchucks- ...no.
Throwing weapons- I like this one.
Whips- Again, clunky and clumsy.

I'm torn between throwing weapons and polearms.

I'd love to have a hoplite character that has mastered a spear or a thief with a belt of knives.

I think i'll have to go with polearms, more variety.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:49 am

Chain whip from Castlevania's series.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:37 am

2h Sword or polearms weapons

As a last resort - daggers and bow.

I dont like hammers and axes - too slow to fight them.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:31 am

Polearmes, to keep melee enemies away from you. Curious, how useful would nunshucks or whips be? Seems like something exclusively for mutant turtles and a dominatrix, respectively.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:44 am

Can't be a Nordic Beserker without Throwing Axes...

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:29 am

I have to go with polearms. Being able to stick someone on a spit like a hog is just too appealing. But then I do love throwing weapons (axes, knives, stars and etc...)
choices...too much...daaahhhh :dead:

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:22 am

Im a mage, but I would play a warrior just for a flail!

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:37 am

picked pole arms, but saw crossbows when it was too late. I would rather have crossbows than pole arms personally, although I want as many types of weapons as possible.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:27 am

See that bloke over there?

Sitting on that black stump.

Can you see him.

I have plenty of arrows strapped on my back so I don't care that I cannot retrieve.

Besides I cannot get it because that black stump is on the other side of a raging river.

As a bow and arrow is not in this post I say the cross bow.

» Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:44 pm

Throwing weapons. A nice hatchet or knife to throw from closer range and lodge in somebody.

Would be a good assassin weapon. their use was rather limited in Morrowind, though. A throwing knife would be nice as a sneak attack sort of weapon, whereas a throwing hatchet would be a nice medium range alternative for fighters.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:44 am

Nunchucks? Are you serious? This is SKYRIM! It is based on Scandinavia i believe. Nords dont scream Martial arts or ninja to me.
I would like to see spears and polearms back. Spears were a staple weapon of the Nordic armies. Javelins would be nice too.

Also, Crossbows please.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:59 am

picked pole arms, but saw crossbows when it was too late. I would rather have crossbows than pole arms personally, although I want as many types of weapons as possible.

Well i'm glad everyone is reading all my poll choices before voting <_< .... I knew i should have put polearms last...

but anyway there's a "delete my vote" button after you vote, then you can just revote

Nunchucks? Are you serious? This is SKYRIM! It is based on Scandinavia i believe. Nords dont scream Martial arts or ninja to me.

yeah as i said before i was trying to not miss any weapons that people have mentioned on the forums (yet i still forgot fist-weapons, as pointed out earlier in this topic)

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:04 am

if a quarterstaff counts as a polearm, then a polearm.

» Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:33 am

if a quarterstaff counts as a polearm, then a polearm.

according to wikipedia...

"A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaves, also short staff) is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, in use from the medieval and throughout the early modern period, into the 18th century."

the words "pole weapon" and "pole arm" are synonymous,

so yes a quarterstaff counts as a pole arm