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Seen any elves? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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 No.3371

>Akaviri katanas do more damage than normal steel swords
WHY?
/k/ and /his/ here. Why is Bethesda buying into this stupid weeb trope? Katanas are shit next to halberds and other late period medieval weapons

 No.3374

b8 thread but it probably has more to do with akavari weapons being of higher build quality than most tamrielic weapons. If I remember correctly morrowind had a steel katana that did around the same damage as a steel longsword.

Also comparing a katana to a halberd is completely stupid since they serve entirely different purposes. If compared to a European sidesword they are roughly the same with different advantages and disadvantages of course because they are different weapons.

 No.3379

1. Because they're from a foreign, legendary culture in-game
2. Because the concept of damage from a weapon being represented as a simple number is retarded anyway, so if you're going to go for that you don't really need to control for realism
3. Because not everyone in the world shares the same butthurt desire that people on /k/ and /his/ do to sit around circlejerking over which particular type of weapon forged centuries ago would "do more damage"

now stop being a fetcher

 No.3381

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When you have people who obsess about the metaphysics of a fictional world telling you that you're acting like an autistic prick, then you know you've gone full autist

 No.3389

>>3371
Actually, looking at the blades in question, they're pretty thick, and aren't made in the same way at Other Katana's, I don't think they use as much sand, shit looks pretty Steel.

That and it's akavir, a land so fa rfrom tamriel that a good chunk of it's logic doesn't apply, like a country that operates around a completely different setting and game mechanic.

 No.3394

>>3389
Have you seen how thick the steel swords are?

They're like slabs of metal that would cut through a car, if they could be swung.

 No.3403

>>3371

“This will be fascinating to watch,” hissed the Potentate, a wide grin across his narrow face. “I don't know if I've even seen a Cyrodiil fight an Akavir like this. Usually it's army against army. At last we can settle which philosophy is better – to create armor to combat swords as your people do, or to create swords to combat armor as mine do.”

– 2920, The Last Year of the First Era

>"to create armor to combat swords as your people do, or to create swords to combat armor as mine do."


Akaviri/Tsaesci just seem to have a superior weaponsmith tradition than people from Tamriel. I know that in practice it likely is more "folded a thousand times" mystique bullshit, but at least there seems to be a coherent in-lore excuse we can accept instead.

>in b4 Imperials with Akaviri blood are total tsaesciboos who spam memospores with "coiled around itself a thousand times" memes

 No.3404

>>3371
Okay mate.
In Morrowind, Katanas dealt less damage than long swords IIRC, but they had higher attack speed.
In Oblivion, The Akaviri Katana is the only Katana and the only Akaviri Weapon in the game.
So why do you fetcher conclude that Beth thinks Katanas are stronger than their straight counterparts?
Stop being such an outlander.

 No.3405

Aw, fuck it.

AKA-VIR CE ARUHN, my name is Ken-Chorak
I'm a 27 year old Imperial tsaesciboo (Akaviri enthusiast for you Colovians). I forge katanas and wakizashis on my anvil, and spend my days perfecting my craft and playing superior Akaviri games (eating it to become it, feeding on goblin-ken cattle, invading Tamriel)

I train with my Katana every day, this superior weapon can cut clean through adamantium because it is coiled around itself over a thousand times, and is vastly superior to any other weapon in the Mundus. I earned my long blade license two sheddings ago, and I have been getting better every day.

I speak Akaviri fluently, both Tsaesci and the Esroniet dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Akaviri history and their dragonguard code, which I follow 100 %.

When I get my Akaviri visa, I am moving to Ionith to attend a prestigious haven temple to learn more about the Striking. I hope I can become a blademaster for the Syffim, or a potentate!

I own several Blades armours, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to Akavir, so I can fit in easier. I curl around my elders and seniors and hiss at them as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.

Wish me luck in Akavir!

 No.3406

Because they're probably well-kept leftovers from elite warriors or bodyguards from the time of the Potentates, and those elites would've been given well-made equipment.

 No.3420

>>3404
Nope, katanas IRL are more massive than western swords and swing slower. The katana
is inferior to the arming sword in just about every way.

>>3381
Go back to your final fantasy and tohou, weeb

 No.3435

>>3420
Why the fuck do you even care?
It's a fucking video game.
Since when do video games have to be realistic, especially one WHERE EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS A DREAM AND DEITIES DECIDE ON THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
Do you have nothing better to do than bait this board with your fetchery?

 No.3440

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>>3435
>Do you have nothing better to do than bait this board with your fetchery?

Because LeEbinKatanaTrope is gay as hell

It annoys me that Bethesda included that to pander to weebs. It's a slippery slope to more japanime inspired autism

>Since when do video games have to be realistic, especially one WHERE EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS A DREAM AND DEITIES DECIDE ON THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.


Then go back to your fetcher MOBAs/JRPGs/Korean MMOs. This is a western RPG, we at least want a fictional universe that makes some sense

 No.3442

>>3440
>It's a slippery slope to more japanime inspired autism

But they went from having a whole bunch and varieties of Japanese swords in Morrowind to just two in Oblivion and Skyrim. And one of those two in both was a unique weapon.

 No.3444

>>3442
Well that's not from a reduction in japanese content specifically, it's from a reduction of weapons in general

 No.3457

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>>3420
I've don't even like Bullet Hell games or JRPG's (generally speaking)

 No.3459

There are so many fucking better weapons in-game than the steel sword, and so many different materials are better than steel.

Is it so hard to believe that on the legendary foreign continent they have a material that works better than Tamriel steel? Idiot.

 No.3465

>>3440
N'wah, you're sperging over a game universe where silver weapons deal more damage than steel, ebony is a metal,
==FUCKING GLASS SWORDS== exist and don't shatter after two uses.
>I have no arguments why a game shouldn't have different weapon types with different advantages which might be slightly unrealistic
>I know! Katanas are an may may now, that'll convince them that Katanas are shit
Every type of sword is made for specific purposes and fighting styles.
If a person tries to convince me a Katana is the better sword, he's a weeb.
If you try to convince me western swords are vastly superior to Japanese swords, you're a fat, autistic neckbeard.
>hurr muh glorious western steel can cut straight through 7 Katanas

 No.3479

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>>3465
>I know! Katanas are an may may now, that'll convince them that Katanas are shit
>I have no arguments why a game shouldn't have different weapon types with different advantages which might be slightly unrealistic

I like how you just call my argument a meme, and ignore the fact that there's actual proof arming swords were lighter weight, and in most cases made out of higher grade steel.

I can call your argument a meme because it is, but my argument has actual evidence. Sure the katana was great for dispatching unarmoured ashigura, but it was really only good for that. It was also completely ineffective against armor or shields.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4plBF80UBo


>hurr muh glorious western steel can cut straight through 7 Katanas


Europeans were more technologically developed than the Japanese. Take your politically correct revisionism out of here. And no real military grade sword should be able to cut straight through and other real military grade sword, regardless of country of origin


>If you try to convince me western swords are vastly superior to Japanese swords, you're a fat, autistic neckbeard.


Even though the katanas were made out of lower carbon steel, were ineffective for thrusting (western swords were effective for both thrusts and slashes), and useless against most forms of armor.

Even a Norman arming sword, or hell, even a spatha-type gladius, would be better for a thrust through mail than your fetcher sushi knife

 No.3480

>>3465
>==FUCKING GLASS SWORDS== exist and don't shatter after two uses.

>implying Tamrielic "glass" is the same silica tetrahedron structure as common earth glass types



Concerning metallic "glass"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_metal

>Amorphous metals have higher tensile yield strengths and higher elastic strain limits than polycrystalline metal alloys, but their ductilities and fatigue strengths are lower.[12] Amorphous alloys have a variety of potentially useful properties. In particular, they tend to be stronger than crystalline alloys of similar chemical composition, and they can sustain larger reversible ("elastic") deformations than crystalline alloys. Amorphous metals derive their strength directly from their non-crystalline structure, which does not have any of the defects (such as dislocations) that limit the strength of crystalline alloys.

 No.3481


 No.3518

>>3480
The glass from the game does not look metallic, but rather like glass, letting light pass.
And even if it were diamond, a hit from the wrong angle and it would shatter.
And if we excuse glass being better than steel because it's in another universe following other laws of nature, then why can't a Katana, which we don't even know how it's made in Tamriel, and even less so if it's from Akavir, swing faster and be lighter than a regular steel longsword?
>>3479
>your fetcher sushi knife
I don't obsess over swords at all. I don't even see what this huge fuss even is about. Why is it so bad that a blade from Akavir is better than a regular steel sword? Can a katana in a fictional universe not be lighter than their normal counterparts because there are other materials than steel in there?
And besides, the only thing than could pierce thick steel armor like in Elder Scrolls is by using the pointy end of a hammer or axe, or other blunt weapons.
Do you want a game where the only viable weapons are blunt?

 No.3526

>>3518
Diamond isn't a form of glass you fucking retard. Glasses by definition have an amorphous molecular structure
>hur dur glass is defined by being clear

 No.3564

ITT: /k/ and /his/ prove they are massively insecure autistic fetchers

Seriously, who gives a flying fuck why katanas do more damage? Damage as a number is simplistic compared to how it works in real life anyway, so who cares?

> BUT MUH WEEBS


TES is clearly not pandering to weebs, unless "including any eastern motifs at all" is pandering to weebs, which it isn't, and if you think it is you're a dickless fetcher.


It would be one thing if eastern and japanese aesthetics and motifs are all over the game, but they aren't at all. There's really no reason to argue about this either, because it's incredibly transparent why you care so much: Life is a constant dick-measuring contest to you (because you're a dumb immature s'wit) and you don't like anything that suggests that something you loosely identify as "your" culture might be inferior in any way to something you loosely identify as "not your culture". Why? Well, because that is exactly the kind of autism that infects places like /k/ and /his/. You try to cover up this pathetic motivation by making ridiculous claims of "I-I-IT'S A GATEWAY TO WEEB SHIT" but we know. We all know. Everyone knows.

Having a dick-measuring contest about a fantasy game world's representation of obsolete weaponry is quite possibly the most narrow-minded, idiotic way you could defend your culture.

 No.3577

>>3371
yeah, but can your steel katanas hurt the undead?
didn't think so.
Get some Silver weapons if you really want to survive tamriel

 No.3627

IRL katanas were pretty shit. The fact that Japanese iron is super low quality was at least a contributing factor.

In Mundus… Well, Akavir is supposed to be the future, so is it really that surprising they can forge a sweet sword?

 No.3668

>>3564
>Damage as a number is simplistic compared to how it works in real life anyway, so who cares?

So you wouldn't have a problem with an iron dagger doing more damage than an iron warhammer?
>lol no physics on Nirn lol

>TES is clearly not pandering to weebs, unless "including any eastern motifs at all" is pandering to weebs, which it isn't, and if you think it is you're a dickless fetcher.

Eastern motifs are fine. Bending the end universe physics to favor a inferior sword types, however, is pandering to weebs

>Having a dick-measuring contest about a fantasy game world's representation of obsolete weaponry is quite possibly the most narrow-minded, idiotic way you could defend your culture.


I'm not saying longswords and arming swords are better than katanas and tachis because they're western, I'm saying they're better because they're lighter, have better reach, are made of better steel with more spring to it and have more protective hilts

It's Bethesda, not me, who are putting cultural notions ahead of realism. Don't kill the messanger

 No.3674

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>>3668
FFS, you're still sperging out over the stats of a sword in a fantasy game. Maybe Akavair Katanas are made out of much better steel than anything available on Tamriel, why do you assume that the swords in the game must be made exactly the same as their historical inspirations were.

Not only that if you compare a steel longsword and a steel katana in TES III, the katana is only better at chopping and is completely crap at thrusting (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Steel_Longsword#Steel_Longsword). Is that historically accurate enough for you?

 No.3682

>>3668

> line by line reply


Just letting you know, this sort of shit screams "Sperglord"

You're talking about a universe where silver does more damage than iron. You're talking about a universe where volcanic glass is forged into armor and weapons. The entire god damn universe is a dream anyway. Would it be annoying if they made katanas and eastern weapons MASSIVELY superior and common? Yeah. But they're uncommon, and not even all that much better. Stop sperging out. Stop caring so much. It's meaningless.

 No.3750

Just because it's a fantasy universe doesn't mean it can't have any common sense. If I found out magic was real here, I still wouldn't expect katanas to be better.

 No.3753

>>3750

Bet you wouldn't expect swords made from volcanic glass to be better either

 No.3754

>>3753
According to lore it is at least in part a trade secret, and "glass" is an in-universe nickname. Besides, it's more similar to metallic glass.

 No.3759

>>3750
Did you even read my post (>>3674)? Katanas made in Tamriel DON'T do more damage than longswords (except they are a bit better at chopping). We can assume that Katanas made in Akavair are made out of superior steel, is that so hard to get through your thick head.

If you discovered that there was a mysterious, unmapped continent that was practically unreachable (and possibly represented the future), would you still get all butthurt if their swords were better quality than your swords.

 No.4226

>>3759
The guy clearly hasn't played Morrowind on probably only came here to sperg about the chip on his shoulder.

 No.4228

>>3480

You're leaving out another substance that it highly likely for glass swords.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_crystal

Any blade made from a monocrystal can be made sharper than alternatives by a lot.

 No.4733

>>4228
Real world crystals aren't flexible which is one of the features of Vvardenfell glass. It's just a fantasy material given a real word name, would you try arguing wooden armor is a good idea if we talked about Ebony?

 No.4737

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Fucking Bethesda

 No.5155

>>3371
Nordic swords do more damage. Skyrim is for the nords. What's your point?

 No.6937


 No.6940

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I've always considered Glass to be a bit like obsidian only without the brittleness, because 'fantasy'. (though the brittleness is what allowed primitive people to make it so sharp in the first place)

Though fuck if I know what Ebony is really suppose to be. The lore says it's just a rarer variant of Glass, but items made from it *never* seem to actually have any sort of crystal-y appearance and instead the art people always design it looking like some sort of black metal.


 No.6943

>>6940

Isn't it Lorkhan's blood that just hardened?


 No.6945

>>4228

>>4733

/rocks/ here. Glass by definition is an amorphous solid

>nb4 it's a liquid

Urban legend, it's an amorphous solid

As I was saying, glass is by definition an amorphous solid (that is, a solid WITHOUT a crystalline lattice) and usually one made of silica at that (some non crystalline solidmetals are also called metallic "glass").

So it by definition the "glass" in TES cannot be a crystal. I would suggest it's an alloy between silica and another nonmetal or semimetal (similar to borosilicate glasses like pyrex)


 No.6950

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>>6945

>Be Me

>First time playing Skyrim

>Almost ready to get the perk to forge Steel weapons

>Horde Charcoal because Carbon

>Get Steel Smithing Perk

>WTF is Corundum?

>Wait… Corundum… like Rubies and Sapphires and shit? What's this ore shit?

>Conclusion: The "Glass" in TES can be, by definition, whatever the fuck Bethesda says it is. It's more likely that it would be dried Malacath spunk, and it would make more sense in the TES world than saying it's borosilicate.


 No.6954

>>6950

>those massive hands


 No.6957

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>>6954

What do you expect after 20 years of hanging over ledges over sheer vertical cliffs. You gotta have truckasaurus hands in her line of work.


 No.6959

>>6950

>there are no elements in tes

>implying corundium isnt a cupric alloy, possibly with buckle or tin

>"glass" in the yes universe is defined differently to include crystalline matter

>crystals flexing


 No.7009

>>3371

The swords which survived that long were of superior quality.


 No.7060

>>7009

>The swords which survived that long were of superior quality.

Resistance to corrosion=/=tensile strength

Resistance to corrosion=/=sharpness, mass, or capability of penetrating armor


 No.7076

>>3371

I agree that katanas in real life are dismally unimpressive weapons, but in Morrowind, there's such a lack in terms of types of katanas (Daedric and Steel, no glass or ebony or silver or whatever) and they're only good if you're using the Slash attack. So if you're doing combat the way it was intended (I.E not being a fetcher and using the "only use strongest attack" option) it was nowhere near as versatile as a longsword of the same material.

In Oblivion and Skyrim, there were precisely 1-2 kinds of katana, and they weren't the best there, either, as I recall.

Honestly, the way they're portrayed isn't TOO bad. Not as versatile as a European blade, and only really used by weaboo nobles and collectors who can get their hands on them.


 No.7122

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>>7076

The real question is how come halberds, coached lances, and longbows aren't the best weapons

>B-b-b-but spears and polearms are grunt weapons! Heroes use sword so swords must be stronger

>But longbows are just bows, it's not like bodkins can pierce mail or plate, r-r-r-right?

>Obviously swords must be the best weapon because Luke Skywalker, King Arthur and Aragorn all use swords, right?

This is why Mount & Blade has so much merit. It takes into account realism, and not just fantasy tropes of sword worship.

Hell, Dark Souls is a japanese game and even they at least give polearms some proper credit

tl;dr: Bethesda need to study military history before they release any more TES installments


 No.7133

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>>7122

>B-b-b-but spears and polearms are grunt weapons! Heroes use sword so swords must be stronger

Video Related.


 No.7135

>>7122

Polearms were designed for defending the van and anti-cavalry. They're not that effective in single combat.

tl;dr: they were meant for the battlefield


 No.7138

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>>7135

>They're not that effective in single combat.

That is a myth, They're only ineffective in extremely tight corners


 No.7145

>>7122

However, for the purposes of adventuring, swords are more convenient. You can wear a sword, you can't wear a spear, or a halberd, and longbows are a little cumbersome as well.


 No.7195

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>>7145

shields aren't very convenient to walk around with either but no one seems to have a problem with those on adventurers


 No.7196

>>7145

>You can't wear a spear or halberd

>Being this much of a manlet


 No.7207

>>7195

Eve most of the shields in the game are too small. The hold guard shields are hardly larger than bucklers (and not used in buckler style fencing).

There should be more kite sheilds, scuta [plural for scutum], hoplons, and pavises.

But again, Bethesda has an inexplicable spite towards military history, so we get tons of stupid looking and impossibly heavy Dwemer/Orcish weapons but no realistic sheilds or polearms, and too little chainmail/lamellar


 No.7209

>>7207

It's not so much that they hate military history, they just really, really love being fetchers.


 No.7212

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>>7207

The orcish weapons piss me off the most… they're suppose to be some of the best non-weird-fantasy-crystal-bullshit smiths alive. They shouldn't be making a bunch of shit that looks like crude jagged chunks of metal bolted to a stick! Even if you say "well, they're basically scattered refugees living in skyrim so they don't have the ability to make anything fancy" then their crafts should at least be simple, direct yet still well-made armaments, not this fucking LotR Uruk-Hai looking crap.


 No.7215

>>3371

You haven't actually come across a real katana. People claim to have real ones all over the place, because those fetchers bought replicas. The knowledge that katanas are superior weapons of great cutting power, sharpness that has been proven to be able to cut bullets (held in a vice, not by someone but I welcome weeaboos to try), has been known for centuries.


 No.7238

>>7195

Yeah, those are a pain in the ass to carry too. That's why they had bucklers, dumbass.

>>7196

>Not being a 7+ foot tall retarded goliath.

Yeah, poor me. Polearms can't be worn, end of discussion. You can run, climb, potentially even swim with a sword. You can also eat and lead a horse or any number of things requiring two hands while travelling. Polearms are objectively a shit for anything that's not a straight up warzone.


 No.7240

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>>6959

>the yes universe


 No.7242

>>7238

>Polearms can't be worn

4u

I can do it because I'm better than you. You mad? You mad? You're mad. Calm down. No, wait. Don't.


 No.7246

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It figures you guys don't even known how to handle your poles.


 No.7247

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>>7246

I hate that due to the way skyrim handles sheathed two handed weapons, it's impossible to rig a polearm to be positioned well in a player's hands without also making it look silly on their back


 No.7248

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>>7246

Oh, I know how to handle my poles.


 No.7249

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>>7247

Bethesda have no concept of melee combat being a form of martial art. As far as they're concerned, its just about clubbing your opponent until the run out of HP. They have no regard for stances, direction of swing, thrust vs strike, etc.

I'm not saying Warband, Dark Souls or Chivalry are completely realistic, but at least they include a the concept of parrying, which is inexplicably absent in TES


 No.7252

>>7249

It's not necessarily the same, but there's this:

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62856/?


 No.7254

>>7215

>sharpness that has been proven to be able to cut bullets

Can't you do the exact same thing with a shaving razor?


 No.7255

>>7246

>Not wearing your weapons magnetically stuck to your back


 No.7264

>>7252

That actually looks great. Would install if I wasn't fucking sick of Skyrim.


 No.7277

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>>7264

It makes the combat a lot better. Blocking skill increases with weapons with that mod, and there's actual reactive blocking. Not just "I'll hold up my sword in one position, lol. You couldn't possibly stab me below it." I was fucking sick of Skyrim for awhile too. That's why I modded the hell out of it, keeping everything clean looking in Wrye Bash. Inhabitants of Skyrim presets and Tropical Skyrim Overhaul because I was tired of the same old NPCs/player choices and snow. There's still dialogue about snow. Followers say Elsewhere is shit because of tropical forests and dusty badlands.. while we run through tropical forests.. and.. dusty badlands. Someone needs to make a "look at him and laugh" animation mod.


 No.7315

>>7242

The vast majority can't be, considering they vary anywhere from 5 to 16 feet in length. I defy you to wear a fucking 6 foot spear and still go about your daily fucking business. I wear swords frequently, and I still bang the scabbard up against doorways and shit when I'm not paying attention.

Polearms are weapons for the battlefield, they are not sidearms, that's why nobody went around Italian city-states or Germany carrying a fucking Halberd or a bec de corbin, you fucking autist.


 No.7317

>>7315

>I wear swords frequently

What do you even do for a living? Or are you a weeb who thinks he's turning Japanese?


 No.7318

>>7317

I despise the Japanese and all their creations. I'm currently a student, and this is mostly an around the house thing. If I wear a weapon in public, it's gonna be a gun.


 No.7321

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>>7318

>not carrying your sword in public


 No.7323

>>7321

Actually, I've looked into the legality of it. I can indeed wear my sword openly in the state of Florida. Time to buy a decent baldric, because this belt frog is utter shit. At least until I can get a proper CC license.


 No.7324

So back to the topic at hand- polearms are at best mildly cumbersome walking sticks when not on a raging battlefield, let alone while travelling, where it's actually beneficial to keep both hands free. On a battlefield, they're damn useful.


 No.7416

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>>7323

>AK-47 is legal for open carry in my state

>I can't bring my hand forged 19th century Chinese ceremonial Jian in public

for the record, Jians>>>>katanas/tachis/nodachis/[insert oversized sushi knife here]


 No.7417

>>7324

I'd think hiking sticks of any sort would be of merit in mountainous terrain, especially if it will help balance you as you drag a heavy ass shield up the mountain


 No.7420

>>7323

>This guy will never go George Zimmerman on some nog with a sword


 No.7425

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>>7416

That's because guns kill people more cleanly, less blood though not much less. Swords hack shit wide open. Ever had a part of your body hacked open? It fucking sucks. If someone doesn't kill you outright with a gun, the bullet burns inside. If someone slashes you with a sword and you're left alive, you have to either get the wound cauterized or bandaged up a lot before some hack shoves needles through your nerves and stitches you up. That's the painful part. You have a higher chance of losing limbs. There was some guy in public claiming to be the Highlander, with a sword. The police approached this guy in a tank and used teargas.


 No.7490

>>7420

>implying I won't wear the sword openly, and the .44 concealed

>>7416

Move to Florida, n'wah.

>>7417

In theory. I'd much rather have a sword and a buckler, and call it a fucking day.

>>7425

Precisely. They're excellent weapons.

But the police having a fucking tank is insane and excessive. But I imagine he was waving it around like a fucking madman.


 No.7507

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>>7490

>Move to Florida, n'wah.

>karst topography+trade winds+ low elevation

Enjoy your natural disasters. Florida is practically Black Marsh


 No.7509

>>7507

And I can wear a sword in public. So I win.


 No.7524

>>7507

>dense swamp with giant lizards & trees

holy shit


 No.7562

>>5155

The point might be that OP is being so anal in wondering why Bethesda buys into the weeb crap of a katana being so superior. I'm just gonna throw this in: this shit has been going on since Arena.


 No.7593




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