Staffs and Magic...If a staff is two handed... : V

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:10 am

Reading the Game Informer update I noticed they said that you have to equip a magic spell to one hand, then I thought "Aren't Staffs two-Handed?"

How's it gonna work? Will you have to only use the spell the staff is given?

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:28 am

i was wondering something about the staffs too.
like if someone gets in your face will you be able to smack them with the staff?

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:38 am

Channel it through a crystal on the top, making magic more powerful? :shrug:

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:24 am

in the screenshot with a guy holding the green topped staff, he is also holding a sword.
Gandalf can do it, why can't we?

» Tue May 17, 2011 5:28 am

I've been curious about this - I'm afraid we may have the RPG staves of Oblivion back. The other option would be to be able to cast an equipped spell through your staff, amplifying it or adding additional effects.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:15 am

Perhaps they will do one handed and two handed staves ([censored] you dictionary, staves is a word), the difference being lesser and greater abilities. Lesser abilities might be a low level paralyze (although, of course, it could be used for some nasty work), and a higher level ability might be a strong lightning spell.

Sounds about right?

I've been curious about this - I'm afraid we may have the RPG staves of Oblivion back. The other option would be to be able to cast an equipped spell through your staff, amplifying it or adding additional effects.

Well, currently, there isn't any reason that we couldn't have both magical staves (unfit for close combat due to their magical nature) and regular melee staves, although I somehow doubt that.

Hopefully we get cast-on-use back for enchantment, but if they keep staves like they were in Oblivion, I'm not so sure...

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:08 pm

I've been curious about this - I'm afraid we may have the RPG staves of Oblivion back. The other option would be to be able to cast an equipped spell through your staff, amplifying it or adding additional effects.

I like this idea

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:12 am

Reading the Game Informer update I noticed they said that you have to equip a magic spell to one hand, then I thought "Aren't Staffs two-Handed?"

How's it gonna work? Will you have to only use the spell the staff is given?

If you have the GI mag, it seems that staves are now one-handed.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:49 pm

There's a screenshot in GI of a guy holding a staff and a sword, and in http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5466/bear610ed.jpg concept art as well.

It looks like magic staffs are one-handed.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:45 am

in the screenshot with a guy holding the green topped staff, he is also holding a sword.
Gandalf can do it, why can't we?

Nice find. One-handed staffs were probably too obvious to think about them. But given how that thing glows, I find my channelling theory quite likely.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:21 am

in the screenshot with a guy holding the green topped staff, he is also holding a sword.
Gandalf can do it, why can't we?

Hah, good point.

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:03 am

Well, they haven't really explained anything about the dual wielding mechanics... I hope we'll get to know something substantial soon!

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:54 am

The other option would be to be able to cast an equipped spell through your staff, amplifying it or adding additional effects.

Damn it, StoneFrog, stop making so much sense.

I'm pretty sure that's illegal around these parts.

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:58 am

Damn it, StoneFrog, stop making so much sense.

I'm pretty sure that's illegal around these parts.

Haha, good one.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:38 am

There's a screenshot in GI of a guy holding a staff and a sword, and in http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5466/bear610ed.jpg concept art as well.

It looks like magic staffs are one-handed.

The new gi combat article says staffs are two handed I believe.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:39 am

The new gi combat article says staffs are two handed I believe.

It says nothing of the sort. It might imply that with this sentence:

Your warrior can equip swords, shields, maces, axes, or two-handed weapons.

But that wouldn't be the first time since Skyrim was announced that the implication was not the truth, especially since, if we can not attack with staves (in melee), classifying a staff as any kind of weapon doesn't really make sense.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:03 am

It says nothing of the sort. It might imply that with this sentence:

But that wouldn't be the first time since Skyrim was announced that the implication was not the truth, especially since, if we can not attack with staves (in melee), classifying a staff as any kind of weapon doesn't really make sense.

Also, daggers are not mentioned in this sentence. Credibility.... not so high.

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:16 am

I thought for sure it said they were two handed...let me check again...

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:59 pm

Does that mean dual-wielding staves?

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:58 am

imo, staffs should be regular, low-damaging, melee weapons.

The low damage comes with the added bonus of being able to cast spells while they're equipped.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:36 am

Ha, nice! Either channeling the magic through your wonderous stick, and i mean your staff

or hold it with one hand and shoot with the other. Woops, simple!
you could even alternate hands holding it to shoot the 2 spells of each hand.

That way it works.

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:17 am

in the screenshot with a guy holding the green topped staff, he is also holding a sword.
Gandalf can do it, why can't we?

This. In the Skyrim issue of GI there is a screenshot of a guy holding a staff in one hand and a sword in the other. We may have both two handed and one handed staves, but who knows :shrug:

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:04 am

What does this mean..."In the early stages of development, Bethesda watched fighting videos to study how people react during melee battles"? Was beth watching videos of melee combat from oblivion or from play testers in skyrim?

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:21 am

What does this mean..."In the early stages of development, Bethesda watched fighting videos to study how people react during melee battles"? Was beth watching videos of melee combat from oblivion or from play testers in skyrim?

Real life fighting videos.

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:33 am

What does this mean..."In the early stages of development, Bethesda watched fighting videos to study how people react during melee battles"? Was beth watching videos of melee combat from oblivion or from play testers in skyrim?

Look for Talhoffer Half Swording on Youtube. That.