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Hey, I loved the lance so much in the tournaments as I played around with the free version that I made my character use polearms. After I traveled a while I found a 'lance' in a shop, but it just looks like a normal spear. Why aren't there lances like the ones in the tournament for sale in the outside world? It would be really cool to have them.
 
hi

i think there are a few "spears" wich are spears when you equip them!
and a few "spears" wich are lances when you equip them...!
i think you must have a look through all "spear" models!

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Yea, but the highest striking distance for all melee weapons is 130. Lances are supposed to have a greater distance than all other melee weapons in the game.
 
Well, yea. I suppose that they should be like 150 range.
While two-handed swords do have a long reach, lances are longer... and they are nigh-equal there. On the other hand, I've never seen a real lance myself, so not sure.
 
Anyone know if we can buy/find those blunt lances that you use in the tournys? I really want one of those =)
 
No, and polehammer is somehow either bugged, or dunno what - I cannot use it with a shield, and it cannot be couched.
 
The polehammer is a two-handed weapon, from what I gathered - somewhat like the quarterstaff. You can thrust or swing with it, and it doesn't couch because it doesn't have a sharp point.

At least, that's what I gathered.
 
It's listed as a polearm... and used like a polearm on a horse. But cannot be couched and be used with a shield, making it utterly useless :sad:.
 
dhvyse said:
Anyone know if we can buy/find those blunt lances that you use in the tournys? I really want one of those =)

We really need to be able to buy that type of lance. There really isn't any higher blunt polearms later on and its frustrating. Also I'd like to see a lance that looks like the blunt lance from the tournies but is spiked for killing. The pikes are neat and all but I'd much rather have a real lance.
 
The thing is that those 'real' lances were one-shot weapons in reality - you'd impale one enemy then whip out the sword because your lance would splinter and stick in the poor sod you'd speared with it. New lances had to be used after each battle for this reason. I prefer the spear-type lances that are in M&B right now - it's more realistic that these lances (not the showy chivalric lances) are used in more than one charge.
 
Exactly. Spears used in charge has crossbar past the tip - to prevent it from impaling too deeply.
 
so i'm a little confused... are there any lances available for combat that are more than 130 reach, like the tourney lance? I mean, if a sword of war has 128 reach... what's the point?
 
i get usually 60+ damage anyway with the sword of war though... and i have more control with it than the lance, and can use it effectively even when bogged down by footmen. Every time i try to use a polearm it's just... meh.
 
Probably a combination of having your two-handed stats really high and your polearm stats comparatively low. :razz: Also, there's nothing to stop you carrying a polearm for the charge and a sword for when things get messy - that's what knights did in reality, and it's what works best in the game, often.
 
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