by Lusewing » Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:28 pm
This is not an easy fix. The problem is that if you let weapons behave the same as the tools and have them switch out whenever you need them you end up completely disrupting the combat system. As it stands now most people have to chose their weapon to suit their situation. Club for quick spam stuns, Halberd for AOE and reach, swords for precision strikes. Having the weapons which would be a nightmare in combat and i think the only real way that it could be balanced would be if there was a short timer in which tools/weapons switched in. That said JC has already mentioned that he is not completely happy with the combat system so who knows what changes we will see.
I think most would agree that relying on personal skill is a much better option. Its only a few clicks if you know how to use your shift key.
Besides most animals should not be able to sneak up on you without you spotting them in enough time to switch to your weapon, same goes for other players.
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