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<blockquote data-quote="Darklone" data-source="post: 1426554" data-attributes="member: 1372">I will try to be nice, so please don't feel offended. As posted in another thread right now, I was in your &quot;Dex to hit&quot; camp a long time. Till I started to fight with real swords and other weapons. I'm pretty fast by myself and did fencing and martial arts for years as well. But if you ever tried to fight with a rapier against some guy with a bastard or greatsword who knows what he does, you will pretty fast understand why strength (which means: to strike faster and more precise due to better control of your weapon, not to bash harder which will destroy your weapon) is more important than simple speed. Btw: A rapier is faster than a greatsword. But not so much faster that it would help you. Actually pretty often you will hit someone faster with a greatsword than with a rapier.I still prefer two one handed light weapons, but I have a very hard time against buddies with quarterstaffs or bastard swords... even the ones I can beat easily if we both have the same weapons.Historically, rapiers (made from bronze) have already been made since 2000 BC in Kurgan and other countries around the Mediterranean sea. The reason they haven't been used are (among price and durability): They were inferior against someone armed with a spear or a normal sword (which was not as slow as many think).So I think these game designers you rant about actually knew more about fighting styles than many RPG dudes who post so wisely on internet boards. (Again, I was such a stupid dude by myself some years ago)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darklone, post: 1426554, member: 1372"] I will try to be nice, so please don't feel offended. As posted in another thread right now, I was in your "Dex to hit" camp a long time. Till I started to fight with real swords and other weapons. I'm pretty fast by myself and did fencing and martial arts for years as well. But if you ever tried to fight with a rapier against some guy with a bastard or greatsword who knows what he does, you will pretty fast understand why strength (which means: to strike faster and more precise due to better control of your weapon, not to bash harder which will destroy your weapon) is more important than simple speed. Btw: A rapier is faster than a greatsword. But not so much faster that it would help you. Actually pretty often you will hit someone faster with a greatsword than with a rapier. I still prefer two one handed light weapons, but I have a very hard time against buddies with quarterstaffs or bastard swords... even the ones I can beat easily if we both have the same weapons. Historically, rapiers (made from bronze) have already been made since 2000 BC in Kurgan and other countries around the Mediterranean sea. The reason they haven't been used are (among price and durability): They were inferior against someone armed with a spear or a normal sword (which was not as slow as many think). So I think these game designers you rant about actually knew more about fighting styles than many RPG dudes who post so wisely on internet boards. (Again, I was such a stupid dude by myself some years ago) [/QUOTE]

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