Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160121121228/@comment-26397825-20160129011029

I am fully aware of how a lance is used. Doesn't change the fact that on foot it is a very slow weapon, and you have made it slower and more awkward by adding in the shield. Beowolves are fast; the game has shown us that much. A pack of Beowolves would tear your Hunter apart before he even got a chance to move simply because his weapon style does not allow him to move fast enough to get away, and leaves his back open to attack if he uses the shield like normal, and leaves his front open to attack if he doesn't because the Beowolves will just go around the lance and come in really close, well within the effective attacking range of the lance. Your only hope is the minigun form in that case, but then you've got to transform it, and in that moment the Beowolves are attacking you.