Do you think the staff should be added? : V

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:32 am

I have ALWAYS been a fan of a staff like weapon in any role-playing game. In star wars it was the duel-bladed lightsaber. In Runescape it ws the halberd. Ect. And I have always wanted a staff-like weapon to appear in an Elder-Scrolls game. Maybe it could have a short blade at the end of it like a polearm. I also do not see why it shouldn't be added. They have swords, axes, maces, hammers, bows, ect.... why not a staff?

or would you rather just have a spear?

edit: I am not reffering to a magic staff, but like a quarterstaff. there has been a litle bit of confusion about that.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:52 pm

Did you not play Morrowind?

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:59 pm

if u pay attention in the new teaser trailer of skyrim he is clearly holding a one handed staff there for staffs will be in the game

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:47 pm

Morrowind had them if I remember right...they were absent in Oblivion so they might make their return. :smile:

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:50 pm

Hopefully there will be two handed variations of the staff.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:56 pm

if u pay attention in the new teaser trailer of skyrim he is clearly holding a one handed staff there for staffs will be in the game

Yerp. One handed staff and probably a two handed one as well.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:30 am

You should add a new option. Staff already in game
:teehee:

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:22 am

if u pay attention in the new teaser trailer of skyrim he is clearly holding a one handed staff there for staffs will be in the game

It looks like someone is not paying attention here.

. It's a wand, not a staff.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:43 pm

if u pay attention in the new teaser trailer of skyrim he is clearly holding a one handed staff there for staffs will be in the game

I'm assuming you're referring to the magic staff that he's dual wielding with the sword. I think the OP is referring to more of a quarterstaff that you'd hit people with (think Kilik in the Soul Calibur games).

If they were added I'm fairly certain they wouldn't have their own fighting styles attached to them. They'd probably be lumped in with the rest of the polearms, like they were in Morrowind. So it'd be nice to see them, but it won't make a huge gameplay difference overall.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:53 pm

Don't mind me

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:49 pm

Morrowind had them if I remember right...they were absent in Oblivion so they might make their return. :smile:

when? i never saw one?

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:50 pm

It looks like someone is not paying attention here.

. It's a wand, not a staff.

wands are for fariys its a one handed magic staff

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:22 pm

The trailer already shows the player holding on in the left hand, that casts magic, IMO, a more important question is how is it different from casting magic with your bare hand?

Also if you want your poll to be treated serious, don't add silly option.
*select What about a spear?*

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:24 am

Spears over staffs. I'm not a magic user so staffs are not too useful to me.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:02 pm

ok i just clarified that i mean something like a quarterstaff, not a magic staff.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:43 am

The trailer already shows the player holding on in the left hand, that casts magic, IMO, a more important question is how is it different from casting magic with your bare hand?

Also if you want your poll to be treated serious, don't add silly option.
*select What about a spear?*

a staff would probably increse the amount of damage done by the spell

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:40 pm

when? i never saw one?

You really didn't look hard enough...
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Blunt_Weapons

But on your next play through of Morrowind, you can be happy.

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:45 am

wands are for fariys its a one handed magic staff

this reminds me, of me saying my star war toys are ACTION FIGURES and not Dolls. :laugh:

I never herd of a one handed staff. Usually they are called Wands. It's Harry Potter time!!!

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:31 pm

when? i never saw one?

http://uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Base_Weapons Scroll down to 2-Hand Wide.

Edit: Damn, ninja'd.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:06 pm

A staff-like weapon? Are you referring to bow staff fighting? If not, the trailer shows the player using the staff to cast a spell like in Morrowind.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:26 am

never owned any action figures so i would not know. there are games that have wands and 1 handed staffs. wands are small and in the vid it was pretty long

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:32 pm

http://uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Base_Weapons Scroll down to 2-Hand Wide.

Edit: Damn, ninja'd.

:toughninja:

But I would like to see staves for combat as well as enchantments. And spears. But I like options, more options means more roles to play!

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:17 pm

this reminds me, of me saying my star war toys are ACTION FIGURES and not Dolls. :laugh:

I never herd of a one handed staff. Usually they are called Wands. It's Harry Potter time!!!

Wands are small, they are usually a foot in length at most, and are very thin, like a stick.
A one handed staff, often called a rod, is a short staff, 2-3 feet in length, but much wider than a wand, typical diameter would be comparable to a regular staff.

That staff in the trailer looked too thick and crooked to be a wand. The way its held also shows that there is length beyond the wrist, which is how a rod would be held, in the middle of the rod, whereas a wand is held at the end.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:06 pm

Personally I have my fingers crossed for spears making a return.

As well as maybe some one handed short spears? I think that would be epic to duel wield two of those! :thumbsup:

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:32 pm

humm my bad did not read the thread fully