Warmachine Video game

[eldargal]

Well I grant powered armour and whatnot may make a difference, but you would be surprised how little weight does. If you had a two kilogram sword and did that while I swung a 700gram mace/hammer/etc at it I would easily smack it out of the way, jar your arm and possibly break it which wuld be the least of your problems because my macehead would continue on into you at speed. While the sword may weigh more and have more momentum, the weight of the hammer/mace/etc is focused at the tip meaning it has far more rotary power (I think that is what is called anyway, I forget)

Its not really a criticism of the game, its fantasy, who cares, I just get annoyed when I see fighting styles that make no sense. Like florentine (duel wield swords), looks flashy, completely impractical.

It's a reverse scythe with a mechanikal frost generator on the cutting edge, so that's why she swings it that way.

His blabe is a Caspian battleblade, designed to kill trolls and trollkins, and isn't designed to cut or stab, but to crush. Certainly 3 times the weight of the scythe, so it's going to have a lot more momentum then her strikes.

His armor also most likely have massive strenght assist, while her's is on the lighter side.
EG, your right, Deneghra also looks sweet. On top of things she is an amazing Caster

OH AND GOD Sorscha looks amazing

[Deadlift]

I suspect that game play wise you will have a "group" to choose from at the start menu. Then when you enter the game itself you will be able to switch between your jacks, units and caster much in the same way as you switch characters in the lego games, with the characters your not using at the time assisting you in the combat.

And yes I do like the Lego games lol

[scadugenga]

Its not really a criticism of the game, its fantasy, who cares, I just get annoyed when I see fighting styles that make no sense. Like florentine (duel wield swords), looks flashy, completely impractical.

Florentine is perfectly practical if you actually know and can use your offhand weapon offensively and defensively.

Musashi would also disagree with you. :P


Though I will concede that a sword-n-board'er has much more usefulness in a field battle.

[eldargal]

I've never met anyone with the coordination to wield two swords well enough to trump me with one and a bare hand to grapple. They have to focus so much on what their off hand is doing they can't use their main hand as effectively. A duelling dagger is different obviously, but even then I prefer having a hand free.

[Denzark]

I've yet to see either florentine or warhammer or sword and buckler made of depleted uranium and encrusted with diamonds, that can negate the beaten zone of a GPMG in the SF role.

(Beaten zone - a cigar shaped cone approx 5x1m with 1 round every 4 inches.)

[scadugenga]

I've never met anyone with the coordination to wield two swords well enough to trump me with one and a bare hand to grapple. They have to focus so much on what their off hand is doing they can't use their main hand as effectively. A duelling dagger is different obviously, but even then I prefer having a hand free.

It helps to be 6'8" and functionally ambidextrous.

@Denzark: Unless you can get to the shooter before he can depress the trigger--nothing is going to trump a gpmg...

[Deadlift]

yeah well I can shoot lightning out my arse, trump that

[Kovnik Obama]

Well I grant powered armour and whatnot may make a difference, but you would be surprised how little weight does. If you had a two kilogram sword and did that while I swung a 700gram mace/hammer/etc at it I would easily smack it out of the way, jar your arm and possibly break it which wuld be the least of your problems because my macehead would continue on into you at speed. While the sword may weigh more and have more momentum, the weight of the hammer/mace/etc is focused at the tip meaning it has far more rotary power (I think that is what is called anyway, I forget)

I sucks at physics, but my martial art experience tells me that said 'rotary power' would be negated by blocking at the shaft, closer to the axis of rotation. Which is what Stryker did in the video.

[scadugenga]

yeah well I can shoot lightning out my arse, trump that

Youtube it, or it didn't happen.

[eldargal]

Well I'm ambidextrous too so that might help, but actually I think size is more of an impediment than advantage (I'm 6ft so I know this from experience too). Damned little people darting about everywhere.

It helps to be 6'8" and functionally ambidextrous.

@Denzark: Unless you can get to the shooter before he can depress the trigger--nothing is going to trump a gpmg...