Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-38854975-20190905144044/@comment-25396609-20191110023050

I feel like you don't know how shrapnel works...

Shrapnel needs to have substance; hardlight simply stops existing once broken. If it disintegrates, it cannot create additional wound channels and is, thus, useless in that regard.

Next up; getting stuck is EASILY resolved. Two words; distal taper (becoming narrower from base to tip). If you use the less historically accurate conical shape often seen in cartoons, it cannot become lodged within an enemy; while remaining telecopically collapsible.

Stab, retract, back off, repeat, victory.

Your version: Stab at enemy, lance shatters on contact.