Kinda misleading, don’t you think? Lifting a weapon isn’t really fighting.
2 Likes
with a lance it is, no reason you couldn’t use a longsword like a lance while mounted. Besides I posted that in this context;
That is still different. Your stretched arm will absorb the impact and you really need more streght than to lift the weapon.
1 Like
Swords in the kitchen are dangerous… didn’t your mother ever tell you?!
9 Likes
Swords are dangerous even outside the kitchen…
But some more than the others
3 Likes
last point here;
yet you put a helmet visor in first person
1 Like
yet you assume that visor is outside of that border.
4 Likes
Point being: If a first visor is inside the border then so is mounted longsword combat.
1 Like
How so?
I see no connection.
I’d say that borders are set by one factor.
- does the work put in to it pay off?
In other words: visor is easy to do so the final effect pays off as its cheap and helps the atmosphere.
Usage of longsword on horse is significantly more work and even though it would be great for the game, it is too costly and the game will not suffer much from missing it.
Therfore it does not pay off.
4 Likes
I can see now why they couldn’t get funding from a “traditional publisher” cause you will find that restricting the player’s field of vision does not pay off at all with real gamers.
14 Likes
Who are these mythical creatures you’re referring to?
Seriously though, I can’t help but think you’re contradicting yourself in some ways now. First you talk about the need for realism and simulation (“enable me to do what I can do in real life.”) …and now here you are arguing against the idea of ‘visor vision’ because it’s too restrictive?!
I also think that this statement was unnecessary and irrelevant.
We’re all pretty positive here in this community, for a number of reasons. The main reason being that we the crowd helped bring this dream of Warhorse Studios and Kingdom Come Deliverance into fruition through our support of the campaign. There’s something both inherently and systemically wrong with the way “traditional publishers” operate. They have such a strangle hold on the creative market, that prior to the likes of Kickstarter and others, KCD would have remained a dream. Now that it’s becoming a reality, I think we can all agree that it’s a pretty significant step for the industry as a whole. And has set a precedent for others with similar creative aspirations to follow suit. It can only be a good thing for us “real gamers” 
8 Likes
TBH, I do like the idea of being able to use your longsword on horseback in a pinch. It’s a shame it won’t be in the game.
1 Like
Yes, its reasonable. I also think a longsword should be a self defense weapon in the case. Its better than nothig, and with the speed of a horse you maybe even don´t need to swing this thing.
But I can understand why Warhorse decided to not do so, they have only barely rescources and need to do some design decisions. And some people are a dick about it.
6 Likes
No disagreements here. They have enough on their plate as it is, and people aren’t going to get their way by stamping their feet and being rude about it.
3 Likes
Most swords do not weigh that much, and ones that were heavy were usually “parade” swords and never intended for actual use on the battlefield.
A good read on the weight of greatswords can be found here:
http://www.thearma.org/essays/2HGS.html#.VXi9oEaIkas
Modern swords simply aren’t made like the original middle ages swords of that era, a lot of them are built specifically to be “heavy” because of the myth and the fact hta some peopel equate “heavy = quality.”
When making a sword you wanted it to be as light as possible with good balance, using something that’s heavy and not balanced could mean the difference between getting fatigued and throwing your timing off vs your opponent, which could mean life or death.
5 Likes
I will join the others in saying. If you think your longsword is heavy, then is is not a correct reproduction but some wallhanger that is not made by anyone who know about swords.
Blade looks more like a flat bar of metal than a swordblade, the pommel is properly too light.
I spend most of my day infront of m pc and don’t do anything to keep in shape, and I have no problem using a longsword.
A proper reproduction should be a lot faster to wing than the foam swords you use for motioncap…even when the foam swords are a lot lighter. (the pommel give it much better ballance, making it faster to use)
But I do understand why you don’t include longsword fighting from horseback.
2 Likes
Maybe I think it’s heavy because I never used one!
2 Likes
Stop the sycophantic rhetoric.
get over it, gamers are rude. Stick to larping if you want polite (especially you warhorse.)
1 Like
Sooo…your excuse or let´s call it explanation, for being rude is…because gamers are rude and you´re a gamer so according to this, you have to be rude?
Hm…seems rather shallow to me.
But well, that´s just me and I may be mistaken.
And to use a longsword like a lance would be a bit silly, because it puts a lot of stress on the weapon. If a lance breaks, that´s okay, that´s to be expected, but you don´t want to put your sword in danger to break.
2 Likes