Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14610890-20140105053250/@comment-14610890-20140114224211

173.71.44.114 wrote: I don't get the halberd yet, I ought to read it a bit more.

I'll post my second picture again.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/011/3/d/rwby_staff_sketch_pt_2_by_calibur_death-d71thj8.png

Look, the staffs (staves?) on the left have a sliding gun mechanism, and those on the right have a pivoting mechanism. Alright well that clears up some confusion. I actually missed the pivot picture somehow, not sure how that happened. Only just seeing it now.

That being said it looks like we have these three design possibilities flip (as I decided to call it) slide, and pivot:

I personally hold against slide on the grounds that it is less practical than just having two stationary guns.

The difference between pivot and flip is that when the gun is mounted forward flip becomes a shorter, more manueverable weapon, whereas pivot retains its full length form. Both seem equally easy to use to change the gun position and can be done about as fast and frequently. It basically comes down to that one section half the length of the spear that pivot would keep and flip woud not.