Two weapon fightin? (dual wielding)

[Night Ninja]

http://www.salvatorfabris.com/RapierParryingLongsword.shtml

Suck on that.

Oh, and very acute thrusting blades can easily draw blood simply by slipping past the rings in a mail shirt.

[Garluch]

Theres nothing fantastical about dual wielding in regard to what historical notions the game situates itself in. You just have to be a damned fool to dual wield( In the real world at least)

[cobhc_deadnightwarrior]

Organized armies never dual wield. Why would Mount and Blade? Plus on a pure gameplay level if your one on one with some and they're mindlessly swing away with 2 weapons and your blocking... what then? You're kinda screwed.

[Tsukana]

Does anyone even bother to read half a thread anymore?

[McBeverage]

Obviously not.

[Phalanx300]

Theres nothing fantastical about dual wielding in regard to what historical notions the game situates itself in. You just have to be a damned fool to dual wield( In the real world at least)

Depends, obviously in duels it works, however it battles you're just making yourself vurnerable.

[Rafael Neves Lazera]

http://www.salvatorfabris.com/RapierParryingLongsword.shtml

Suck on that.

Oh, and very acute thrusting blades can easily draw blood simply by slipping past the rings in a mail shirt.

Yes and it's possible to kill people in plate armor by throwing a large stone at them. There is a reason there were no army used "very acute thrusting blades" swords. Wait, forget what I said-- there are numerous reasons. When I was 12yo I killed a doberman leaping at me with a roundhouse kick. When I was at the army I retold that story and everybody started laughing until our sergeant interrupted and said he believed me because he once saw a guy knocking out cold the largest and most aggressive Rottweiler of the kennel with a single punch, stopping him from tearing apart the arm of a recruit. Many things are possible, but we have to rely on whats practical. A rapier in M&B setting is retarded, two rapiers is worse... it is... Night Ninja!

[Merlkir]

I knew it! He's Chuck Norris!

[Tsukana]

Martial artists (or human beings in general) are capable of incredible things when trained properly. I don't peticularly belive that story, but I know that things like that are possible, surprisingly common.

On topic, though, I don't think rapiers fit into the time fram of mount and blade, so it's a rather moot point is it not? (I'm far from an expert, I could be wrong)

[Night Ninja]

Nor are swords anylike the ones in the two swords video you posted. I want to see you hurt somebody wearing a chainmail or parry a longsword with those sticks.

http://www.salvatorfabris.com/RapierParryingLongsword.shtml

Suck on that.

Oh, and very acute thrusting blades can easily draw blood simply by slipping past the rings in a mail shirt.

Bolded relevant portion for emphasis. Drawing blood counted as hurting, the last I checked.

Oh, and no army ever used very acute thrusting blades? Really?

What's this? Or this Or even this?

Bullshit your way out of that one, *******.

Martial artists (or human beings in general) are capable of incredible things when trained properly. I don't peticularly belive that story, but I know that things like that are possible, surprisingly common.

On topic, though, I don't think rapiers fit into the time fram of mount and blade, so it's a rather moot point is it not? (I'm far from an expert, I could be wrong)

It is. But I like ticking off Raffy here, simply because he's too thick to read a sentence properly.

[Tsukana]

Very understandable, and I would never take that away from you.

Give 'em hell.

[BJB]

I'm just gonna say No to this. Worst idea ever for a game like W&B. If you want more variety, go play an MMO. M&B is M&B.

[Tsukana]

The argument isn't really about variety, it's about realism, which M&B -is- about.

So, shoo, random recruit who didn't read the thread. Go on, off with you now.

[silencekyo]

Dual wielding!! I would have to say...NO, if you are gonna make normal dual-wielding troops, and make 60 dual wielding heavily armored knights.  There are very few people who are ambidextrous, and a bunch of 60 dual wielding men isn't very...realistic. however, if its just for you or some companions, yeah, i can accept that. Should have a dual-wielding skills though.

[Dryvus]

When I was at the army I retold that story and everybody started laughing until our sergeant interrupted and said he believed me because he once saw a guy knocking out cold the largest and most aggressive Rottweiler of the kennel with a single punch, stopping him from tearing apart the arm of a recruit.

And then he saved your life at the cost of his own in the big firefight at the end of the movie, right?