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<blockquote data-quote="Redthistle" data-source="post: 7150049" data-attributes="member: 6778305">Think &quot;Arms Race&quot;. History is one long line of weapon design improvements. The object is always to seek an advantage over one's enemies.Every weapon has its strengths and weaknesses, and its moment in time. It also has the potential, if not already realized, of being rendered relatively obsolete by another weapon design's &quot;work-around&quot; to gain the new lead on effective violence.[P.S. When typing &quot;work-around&quot;, I miss-keyed the &quot;k&quot; as an &quot;f&quot;, and immediately thought &quot;Worf-around&quot;? How did Star Trek pop into mind for a D&amp;D discussion? Then I remembered: the batleth, or whatever it's called. That weapon always struck me as awkward.][P.P.S. I can't assess your craziness-qoutient at this remove (strange, because I like to believe that it takes one to know one), but I don't think it applies to the discussion at hand: your observation is correct. Weapon favorites, like sports-team favorites, are not always as rationally determined as their fans proclaim.]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Redthistle, post: 7150049, member: 6778305"] Think "Arms Race". History is one long line of weapon design improvements. The object is always to seek an advantage over one's enemies. Every weapon has its strengths and weaknesses, and its moment in time. It also has the potential, if not already realized, of being rendered relatively obsolete by another weapon design's "work-around" to gain the new lead on effective violence. [P.S. When typing "work-around", I miss-keyed the "k" as an "f", and immediately thought "Worf-around"? How did Star Trek pop into mind for a D&D discussion? Then I remembered: the batleth, or whatever it's called. That weapon always struck me as awkward.] [P.P.S. I can't assess your craziness-qoutient at this remove (strange, because I like to believe that it takes one to know one), but I don't think it applies to the discussion at hand: your observation is correct. Weapon favorites, like sports-team favorites, are not always as rationally determined as their fans proclaim.] [/QUOTE]

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