Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-111.68.32.71-20131007122233/@comment-24042984-20140501081931

Flashfire212 wrote:

Pyrrhomaniac wrote: How would you wield a long two-handed weapon with a one-handed one at the same time? I genuinely curious to see how this would be done. It converts from one to the other, not both at once.

There was a bug in Star Wars: Jedi Knight where you could have a single-bladed lightsaber in one hand and a double-bladed one in the other - that's a two handed in one hand, a one handed in the other. Well assuming that lightsabers' blades do not add any mass to the weapon, I guess its technically do-able, but I can only imagine the toll it will have on your concentration and coordination by having to use both at once.

If the hybrid weapon simply converts from being a two-handed weapon to a one-handed one, I have no issue with it. However, I think Yowzha142 was talking about wielding both at once.

Arkan421 wrote: How about a sword and spear combination? You use the spear for enemies that are further away and the sword when they get too close to use the spear like Hilde from Soul Calibur 4 & 5.

With a long spear, this wouldn't work at all since it'd be impossible to control a spear of that length with only one hand. While it may be possible using a short spear, I doubt the benefits of being able to wield more weapons at once will outweigh the costs it has on control, precision, focus, and coordination. Besides why would you do that when you can simply just stash/dump the spear and draw the sword when the enemy gets close? That way, you'd be able to maximize effectiveness at both ranges with minimal cost, especially since you can't use the sword against further targets anyway. (The Greek hoplites had the right idea.)

To put it simply, it's just not worth wielding both at once, since there's not really any new advantage to be gained by doing so.