Weapon slots

[Lil Monke]

I think it would be beneficial to have more back slots, or quick swap spots for weapons. It's too inconvenient to swap bow for shield when it comes time to melee, takes WAY too long. I personally feel combat requires both melee and range, however.

[Swato85]

Shields and bows are a games only cheat, in reality you can not have effectively both of them at the same time on the back, try it, its hugely slow to temper with, that is why you never see bowman/shield carrier class in real life.

Shoiting will get huge penaly just like shield usage, so you wozld have to drop one or another.

I like it that the game triea to atay true to the real life with this and not go comoletely "its a game, everything is possible way".

That would suck.

In reality I think its just a matter of time untill you will be able to do this, carry a lot of quickslot weapons and fight by smashing single button without mouse usage = a lot of titles in the end drop their original concepts to satisfy the lazy hack/slash players. So dont give your hopes up.

[jorvinn]

I´m more concerned with my villages disarming themselves to make room for tools, and then are caught by raids wielding something that doesn´t do the trick.

I would like slot 1 to be for tools - ie. the villagers would tool/retool on that slot.. but the game would _not_ make them turn in the weapon in slot 2 - their "personal weapon" so to speak. This would ofc not do with 2handed backslot weapons.. but that is OK.

[Ultimoron]

well, i go around that problem by having shieldbearers do oddjobs that dont require a heavy tool ;) but i am still only tier 1 with 5 villagers... :D

ultimatly its a balance issue... but i am in favor of the current restrictions...

[-shhfiftyfive]

yeah, and inventory size is pretty pathetic. forces massive use of fast travel system, and constant trips to the stockpiles to clear space.

[Spider]

when they are donw with job they return the tool, so if you are not carefull they can have at some point no shiled, no weapon nor tool even tho there are 2x 1 hand slots and 1x 2 hand slot. The tool slot would help

[-shhfiftyfive]

would be nice if they had loadouts. for worker, companion. and not like they have to stash the inactive loadout... just have both on hand to toggle, and not have a huge impact on the already tiny inventory space.

for that matter, it would be nice if the player could do this too. work, fight, conversate. so we can stow tools on us, instead of storage. and we could have non-combat clothing for when we enter towns (rather than only asking us to unequip our weapon/tool) because who wants to speak with an armored warrior about fetch quests, or someone with a menacing looking hood.

[Swato85]

You Have weapon racks from which they arm themselves, isnt that enough?

[jorvinn]

Originally posted by Swato85:

You Have weapon racks from which they arm themselves, isnt that enough?

They do not store bows there.. and they often dump their arrows into the stockpile even if they have a quiver equipped. And I think they seem to arm themselves rather haphazardly - rather than choosing a weapon suitable to their skills. When I get raided I form up everyone into companion slot so I can micromanage their loadouts. Irksome.. but necessary.

[Swato85]

Originally posted by jorvinn:

Originally posted by Swato85:

You Have weapon racks from which they arm themselves, isnt that enough?

They do not store bows there.. and they often dump their arrows into the stockpile even if they have a quiver equipped. And I think they seem to arm themselves rather haphazardly - rather than choosing a weapon suitable to their skills. When I get raided I form up everyone into companion slot so I can micromanage their loadouts. Irksome.. but necessary.

then lets hope devs can set this more appropriately. At least there is some start to it.