Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14610890-20140105053250/@comment-14610890-20140111045758

I have some idea what you were going for with the slide idea but I'm not completely clear on it, and the pivot is exactly what is in my head which I though to be less than ideal.

In terms of the blade at the end, we should definitely use something other than just a spear head. My list of requirements are: effective meelee when not released, effective projectivle when thrown or shot, able to embed itself in walls and what not so the user can pull themselves towards stuff and swing around.

I don't have a clear image in my head of what it would look like, but maybe we can use a semi-trident type thing, like you said, and have the blades able to move in and out a bit in order to make shooting it into a wall, swinging on the cord, then pulling it out feasible as they would push out to secure it and move in to release. Unless having the blades able to move is me over thinking this as it easily may be.

In conclusion, slide sounds like it will work but some clarification would be nice, I have a list of requirements for the sharp end but no clear ideas.