Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-26018514-20170605074419

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

...I seriously don't see what you're trying to say here. What's your point, that "it has a gun instead of a spearhead, so it's still a Halberd"? If that was your point, your arguments are too ignorant, and even then, the weapon would not be a Halberd, it would be a Gun-Axe the same way Ruby has a Gun-Scythe.

Let me ask you something, 73 ... No, my point was, what is the point of having a pointed end when said end is a gun... you can fire ANY gun point blank provided the target isn't hard enough to deflect the bullet, the entire point of the tip is reach... if your bullet can touch the target, you don't have to, mounting an extra tip offcenter wouldn't be any more usefull attempting to replicate the functionality of a spear tip on a traditional halberd because its role is already fullfilled.... the only use you can possibly argue it lacks is the ability to pin an opponent as effectively.

And what exactly do these personal attacks have to do with anything? FYI I'm barely on the forums these days and hit "post" after leaving the page too long while being AFK or distracted midthought a lot recently. I'm not mentally deficient, just tired as my daily obligations timeframes have diverged to the point I usually get about 4-6 hours sleep and Friends, family, and inevitable anything else of utterly useless time consuming tasks keep coming up on my days off and R&R times.

As for slashing spears... I've been on Tabletop forums and heard about a few IRL very niche cases... mostly in the wheelhouse of Civilizations that never got much beyond the spear and so adapted a few short spear models for that purpose to the point they seem to use them as other civilizations use an arming sword.