Scythes on 05/02/2006 10:22 PM CDT
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Do a lot of folks use scythes? I checked to see how many were in player shops. There seem to be very few. I am supposing this is because they are halbred base-- and everyone that is investing the points to use a polearm is going to use an awl-pike or lance to get the maximum benefit.

Just wondering.

Nethral-mun
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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 02:31 AM CDT
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>Do a lot of folks use scythes? I checked to see how many were in player shops. There seem to be very few. I am supposing this is because they are halbred base-- and everyone that is investing the points to use a polearm is going to use an awl-pike or lance to get the maximum benefit.
Just wondering.
Nethral-mun


I may be in the minority, but i've always liked halberds/scythes/naginatas. I like the speed.

My current primary character uses a naginata now.

elligon.
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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 04:20 AM CDT
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>I may be in the minority, but i've always liked halberds/scythes/naginatas. I like the speed. - Elligon

Count me in the Halberd user group. My little warrioress swings a Brandestoc, which is halberd base.

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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 08:20 AM CDT
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My Bard swings a sonic hammer of kai in the Gyldamare Forest right now
and it's far more effective at a 5 second RT than a sonic warlance at 8
seconds.

I guess it boils down to the type of critter you encounter and the type
of redux or armor they have.


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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 09:34 AM CDT
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Part of the problem is that many scythes were incorrectly made 1HEdged [those should be sickles], and some sickles were incorrectly made Pole Arms [those should be scythes].

Now that the GMs are being more consistent about names, hopefully some of these older items will start disappearing.





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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 11:34 AM CDT
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Mmmm. Well then I suppose I'll just flow with the roleplay of it and carry a warlance in my back pocket incase I get in trouble. :D Being an elf I'll be able to swing it as fast as a halbred, that's I suppose the issue I was concerned with. If I have the ability to swing a lance as fast as a halbred will I be seriously inhibiting myself by sticking to scythes. I suppose I wont't!


Thanks,
Nethral
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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 11:56 AM CDT
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>>My Bard swings a sonic hammer of kai in the Gyldamare Forest right now
and it's far more effective at a 5 second RT than a sonic warlance at 8<,

You're just slow...
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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 12:02 PM CDT
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I prefer the term well balanced. Speed isn't everything.


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Re: Scythes on 05/03/2006 01:32 PM CDT
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They might not be very common because scythes really are nothing like halberds, and that could bug some people. Sorta like the kama/scimitar thing.

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