Hand to Hand improvement

[The Pope]

The hand to hand block should prevent you from getting stunned by weapon hits but only provide minor damage reduction. That way you could actually use it rather than just getting stunlocked.

 

[Ingolifs]

i'd like to see a small damage reduction from cowering behind your forearms. Also, when blocking with a weapon that can't block, such as a knife, you should do that block as well.

 

[Arkki]

Never saw a reason for being able to fight with your bare fists nor block for that matter.. 

 

[The Pope]

It's to allow arena archers a way of holding enemies off for a little while until their teammates can save them.

 

[Arkki]

ahh ok.. but thats one flimsy reason. Hardly ever works for the enemy or me for that matter. I think the fists should be remade to dagger - could use the idea you mentioned about block, but would make more damage than fists. Not only would it look cooler but it would also fit better into the game. Drawback or alteration whichever you want to call it would be that shopping and finding daggers would become obsolete since everyone would have one. Also - better lvl unit : better dagger. 
Anyone thought of this?   ..in my opinion fists just seem stupid, they hold no real value in combat. If this is not the way to go, I do like your idea.

Modifying - To be clear, the idea is of course that the dagger/knife would NOT take a weapons slot, but would simply replace fists.
Does this need a new thread? 

 

[Lost-Lamb]

If my memory serves me right the unarmed was added because of massive demand.

 

[Br the jub]

Yes, a lot of people demanded Armagan to add unnarmed combat...

 

[An4Sh]

And you are asking to not be stunned when "blocking" a great axe with your fists?!

 

[Merentha]

Yes, that is what they are asking. 

 

[An4Sh]

That does not make any sense at all!

 

[The Pope]

You picked a really poor example there. You could just block the haft. Even for swords, hand to hand blocking could be done by getting too close for it to be effective, or grappling, or dodging. Anyway, the point is to allow you to do something other than bleed if you get in close combat in the arena without a melee weapon, and in the arena the swords are wooden.

 

[Kissaki]

Yup, any weapon can be blocked with bare hands. You don't need to block the dangerous bit (in fact, that's downright silly), but like the Pope suggests, you can block an axe haft. Or, in the case of swords, you can block the arms. That's the way it's done in fist fighting, as well: if someone throws a hook at you, it's much easier to stop the punch at the shoulder or elbow than at the fist.