Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170205050026/@comment-24534644-20170212162025

.....So are you asking us if your should use two weapons? Because the answer is no. 99.9% of the time, a character having two completely different weapons on them is frowned upon. And for good reason, it makes them TOO versatile, and saying that someone is able to completely change fighting styles at the drop of a hat is not reasonable unless they're a genius who is also at their prime and has tons of experience.

Regardless. I've already addressed this, but weapons do not need to have multiple range modes. There are plenty of weapons, and people, out there that work better at either constant close range or constant long range, without having to shift between them repeatedly. You seem to be of the mind that whatever you make MUST be equally functional both close up and at a distance. If that's the weapon you want to make, and it fits the characters fighting style, then by all means. But I'd again say to stop trying to shoehorn in an alternate weapon mode just for the sake of having one. If someone fights primarily at close range, let them. Don't say "oh, he also has a rifle so he can kill things that are too far away for him to stab".