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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7374052" data-attributes="member: 6775477"><p>Before I respond, I have to ask... how would a versatile weapon EVER be worse than a non-versatile weapon of the same type? While a versatile weapon may not be much better than a similar non-versatile weapon, at least it has an option available to it that the other lacks. Thus a quarterstaff is better than a mace, and a warhammer is better than a flail (to keep our damage types equal), even if the benefit is marginal.</p><p></p><p>Ignoring that for the moment, the problem you have with the longsword is either one of two things: versatile isn't that good, or "longsword isn't teh awesome it should be" (i.e. the same nonsense you hear from katana fanboys). While I can agree with the former (a fighting style designed for it would be best, IMO), I just can't get behind the idea of "fixing" the longsword to make it the best weapon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 7374052, member: 6775477"] Before I respond, I have to ask... how would a versatile weapon EVER be worse than a non-versatile weapon of the same type? While a versatile weapon may not be much better than a similar non-versatile weapon, at least it has an option available to it that the other lacks. Thus a quarterstaff is better than a mace, and a warhammer is better than a flail (to keep our damage types equal), even if the benefit is marginal. Ignoring that for the moment, the problem you have with the longsword is either one of two things: versatile isn't that good, or "longsword isn't teh awesome it should be" (i.e. the same nonsense you hear from katana fanboys). While I can agree with the former (a fighting style designed for it would be best, IMO), I just can't get behind the idea of "fixing" the longsword to make it the best weapon. [/QUOTE]
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