Daggers

[Koilin]

im thinking of using Daggers, iv tryed sns, polearm, spear, and 2 handed sword but never daggers generally there not ideal in the combat there swing speed isnt to much compared to one handed sword, so im wanting to know if anyone has used the daggers and how effective are they? and are they able to be dual weilded (i guess not but would be nice to dual wield daggers)

also sorry for spelling xD

[El Mouse]

Basic weapon, ignore if possible, back in Warband you could not even block with them, and did low damage.

[Koilin]

ahh thats a let down thanks for info ^_^

[Sentient_Toaster]

IIRC Bannerlord dev blogs, the "cannot block" is still supposed to hold. It'd be logical if they all had 'civilian' tags so could be carried in towns, but I don't think that's actually the case.

I wouldn't bother. If you want a short weapon for tight places like tower stairs, make a short one-handed axe, mace, sword... but not a dagger.

[Zack Wester]

One way to make dagger a thing might be to add a Dagger Item slot that can only equip a dagger/throwing dagger.
plus I can see dagger(throwing dagger) get a Stealth flag meaning you can bring a dagger into a situvation where a sword would get confiscasted.

[KalkiKrosah]

The only benefit I can see for using a dagger is its alternate feature allowing it to be thrown. But it does not do nearly enough damage when thrown to warrant throwing it. 23 damage on a headshot COULD end the fight, but in all likely hood probably won't.

As said above you're better off making a short axe, mace or sword for close quarters fighting. Daggers don't do enough damage to warrant being used.

[Koilin]

see i understand why daggers carnt block as it makes sense, but what if they added a dagger slot like the shield so if you use 2 daggers you can block smaller one handed but 2 handed nock you back etc, kinda like the shield has the HP bar untill it breaks use that with 2 daggers but make it only withstand like 25>50hp and make it stagger you instead of breaking weapon.

not sure how do able it is and probably not worth the developers time but would make a more interesting playthrough to do a dagger only build and be more stealth character xD

[Jack Niggleson]

The one instance where daggers are okay is in top of the siege tower ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ where you have no room to swing. Even there though a short mace fills the same role and does a ton more damage.

Daggers don't really have much of a point right now tbh. Maybe eventually they'll expand the whole criminal/roguery aspect of the game and there will be quest encounters where you can't even bring normal "civilian" weapons, just concealed daggers.

[Miggy]

If you can show a screenshot of you killing stuff with a dagger on horseback, I will bow down to you as my new god :P

[EpicWinNoob]

Resurrecting this to say, the garbage addition of physically-based chamber blocking makes daggers beyond useless if they cannot block. Chambering was difficult enough before and a consistent skill you can practice and learn and actually take advantage of the speed of a dagger for lightning fast attacks.

But now, you're lucky if you manage to perform a chamber block, much less do it consistently, and would be neigh impossible due to the physical shape of daggers + the weapons having to physically touch a weapon to chamber.

They may as well make it so daggers aren't even playable weapons in bannerlord.

[Kanjejou]

I have been able to hit ground target when riding with my daggers but strangely can hit the other Horsemans right next to me...