Dual swords - easy mode

[Rakasha]

After a couple hundreds of matches in the arena with dual-wielding swords, I can safely say, that such fighting style is way too OP.
It doesn´t matter if my opponent has a shield, or a plate armour, they all fall like flies. When I fight against a single human opponent, I win in 99% of cases.

Don´t remember I has such a success prior the patch.

[asyasb]

Have you tried the filthy dual-wielding short spear? its basically 2 quarterstaff with pointy end.

[Pvt.Laurin]

Imo dual wielding should not be in exanima since its claimed to be base on realism and dual welding is straigh up hollywood lol.

[Tygar]

Originally posted by Pvt.Laurin:

Imo dual wielding should not be in exanima since its claimed to be base on realism and dual welding is straigh up hollywood lol.

With magic, monsters, and a fantasy setting, I think they have some leeway for dual wielding. It's not a sim.

[Rakasha]

Originally posted by asyasb:

Have you tried the filthy dual-wielding short spear? its basically 2 quarterstaff with pointy end.

Nah, haven´t tried dual spears. But dual maces are also effective, but just too slow to my liking. I prefer "Arthur Dayne"(GoT) style.

Originally posted by Pvt.Laurin:

Imo dual wielding should not be in exanima since its claimed to be base on realism and dual welding is straigh up hollywood lol.

Well, dual wielding is not so unrealistic as you might think. It was used in history, just not two big swords, but a sword and a dagger, for example.

[Tony]

Originally posted by Pvt.Laurin:

Imo dual wielding should not be in exanima since its claimed to be base on realism and dual welding is straigh up hollywood lol.

Dual wielding was actually used historically and it's not something created by Hollywood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1R-xZy-Gb4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilyl2G7PWF4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTrrlykdz0

There's an abundance of information about it if you look for it.

[ratpizza]

I have also recently begun to really enjoy dual-wielding though I wouldn't call it op. You can really perform lightning fast combos with DW. I do hope that we will eventually be able to thrust and overhead with the offhand weapon as well and perform single-weapon remises.

[asyasb]

Originally posted by Túrin:

Originally posted by asyasb:

Have you tried the filthy dual-wielding short spear? its basically 2 quarterstaff with pointy end.

Nah, haven´t tried dual spears. But dual maces are also effective, but just too slow to my liking. I prefer "Arthur Dayne"(GoT) style.

If you still want mace in your dual-wielding put mace on offhand and sword or spear on main hand.No clue who Arthur Dayne is.

[Rakasha]

Originally posted by asyasb:

Originally posted by Túrin:

Nah, haven´t tried dual spears. But dual maces are also effective, but just too slow to my liking. I prefer "Arthur Dayne"(GoT) style.

If you still want mace in your dual-wielding put mace on offhand and sword or spear on main hand.No clue who Arthur Dayne is.

Arthur Dayne is a character from Game of Thrones.

[Dingdong09]

Originally posted by Pvt.Laurin:

Imo dual wielding should not be in exanima since its claimed to be base on realism and dual welding is straigh up hollywood lol.

When I was a teen we used to fight each other with padded weapons, the honor rule was 3 hits and you're out. I was surprised to find that by far the most efficient weapon was either melee + shield or melee + short weapon in off-hand. I have pretty decent ambidexterity and it worked for me really well so I could definitely see how it could work in real life for dueling. There was actually a special off-hand weapon called a sword breaker which was designed to be off hand, thus dual wielding is historically accurate.

[Shinobu]

Originally posted by Pvt.Laurin:

Imo dual wielding should not be in exanima since its claimed to be base on realism and dual welding is straigh up hollywood lol.

Trained in Arnis (Filipino Martial Arts) a bit and I can say it definitely works. The benefit is quite the same with a sword and shield but you can overwhelm your opponent by having him watch out for one more weapon and can work against large shields and even pole weaponry. This style though is very hard since ambidexterity is a must and it is much more dangerous to defend versus actually equipping a shield. I see a lot of people preferring to have a freehand because it is much easier to control the enemy (e.g grabbing the wrist)

[MindSliver]

historically is was less common to dual wield with similar weapons... sword with another sword for example. Sword and dagger was quite common when utilizing a 1h sword however. Even sword and sword wasn't unheard of. They even had a name for it. It was called "case" meaning that you can't carry 2 swords on your person, if you show up to a dual and fight with 2 swords, you brought your sword "case".

[56yhgg]

Didn't played with dual wielding but god ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ damnit pole hammer is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ great. Enemies really fly when u hit them good, when u give them an overhead hit they squish like an apple. It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome to play with it

[angrytrex]

As far as I know, dual wielding would not be used outside of single combat historically because you would be a menace to everybody else in the formation. People did not fight individually like Drizzt or Rambo, and the extra training, gear, and risk involved would not have made it common place on a battlefield.

That being said there's way better options than dual swords. A shield is way better when used offensively, and if you are going to dual wield you should take something that side swings well in the offhand like a mace. rather than another sword.

[Tony]

Originally posted by angrytrex:

As far as I know, dual wielding would not be used outside of single combat historically because you would be a menace to everybody else in the formation. People did not fight individually like Drizzt or Rambo, and the extra training, gear, and risk involved would not have made it common place on a battlefield.

That being said there's way better options than dual swords. A shield is way better when used offensively, and if you are going to dual wield you should take something that side swings well in the offhand like a mace. rather than another sword.

Coincidentally, in Exanima you're not fighting in a military formation or on a battlefield, and in Exanima you're often in the ideal circumstance where dual wielding is most beneficial (fighting vs. one or more opponents).