Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14610890-20140105053250/@comment-14610890-20140106215314

I'm not against the halberd, but I'm not full convinced either (but I'm guess I'll think about it and 5 minutes after posting this I'll decide I love it). I do like the idea of shooting out the point and still having a blade to attack with. I liked the idea of throwing it even though Pyrrha does that because of the possibility of pulling a move where you throw it, it sticks into a wall or person, and then it fires the blade out, effectively firing the staff part back that could then be used for something. I figured such a move could be made more useful by the other thing we put in here, like perhaps a gun.

That being said, the status of the staff/spear we were working on is:

Determine if end is a spear or halberd

Decide if it is to be thrown

Work out additional form and gun placement (perhaps what you said about the MG-type rod, also maybe the staff can adjust between a shorter and longer length, I like the your ideas and the direction we're headed but I think we have a fair amount left to do to get a final product)

And in terms of other ideas that have popped up:

Chainsaw Gun

Totally do able, the description Bill gave is great, but I don't think I'll personally be thinking about or trying to work on that one personally, partly because the idea you gave is relatively complete, and partly because I'm still apprehensive about chain saws even though they can definitely work

Whip-thrower

I think it might work, but I don't see what design would combine the two, you'd need a more detailed plan and I'm drawing a blank

Tow swords

If I understand that one correctly it is the exact same thing that a character named Mifune does in Soul Eater (side note: love Mifune, he's awesome) so the idea could be worked with, but I'm not a fan of doing the exact same thing

Ballistic Knife/grappling hook

Same deal as whip thrower in my mind

Two bladed scythe

Very interesting, I was playing with the idea of a duel wielded scythe before, but the way you did it is much better.

For whatever my assesment is worth, I'd say we should ponder that one a bit more and see if we can improve it at all, but when we do that we could easily settle on the way it already is.

Halberd Buzzsaw/Shotgun

See Whip Thrower and Ballistic Knife/grappling hook