Thread:Bajarias.josef/@comment-26397825-20170112111223/@comment-25936766-20170923162831

Phantomlink959 wrote:

I have gone on record several times saying I find Monster Hunter weapons functionally stupid; but the gunlance seems harmless enough....... ...........Why are they functionally stupid? Nearly all of them are simple and conventional - with the most unconventional thing about them being the size - with only like 2-3 exceptions.

The Greatsword is just a huge sword, the Longsword is just a japanese zweihander, the Bow is just a big normal bow whose arrows are the size of javelins, the Insect Glaive is just a cool staff designed for Bojutsu, the Hammer is just a huge hammer, and so on.

The Lance is of reasonable size for what it is, and the Sword-and-Shield and Dual Swords actually look and feel too small to really be "Swords". The Hunting Horn isn't too different from the Hammer. The Switchaxe is just a Poleaxe whose blade is divided in 2 parts, with said Blades being able to move their position to turn the weapon into a Greatsword.

The Gunlance also makes sense in how it works depending on the model (the ones that are like cannons with bayonets could work fine. The ones that look like actual lances, make one wonder how it avoids blowing itself up).

The only weapons that don't make much sense, at least at first glance, are the Bowguns, and the Charge Blade (Which is like a huge, cool, complex version of Jaune's Sword-Sword with explosive discharges).