Pikes!

[Shtopit]

A new, oversized polearm: the pike. The pike is a very long spear, used with 2H. It reaches one square farther than other polearms, but it's unusable on adjacent squares. Since it's so large, it can only be carried if equipped; unequipping it means dropping it.

I was wondering what effects a weapon like this would have on gameplay. Would it make cross-training important for having a close-quarter weapon, or just mean that you'd carry 2 polearms instead of one?

[tasonir]

I actually like the first idea, of a range 2-3 (but not 1) "melee" weapon, and think it could be interesting. But dropping it instead of carrying it would just be horribly tedious, and make it very cumbersome to actually use. You already have to weapon swap on anything that survives 2 hits, but there's a fast swap key so that might be manageable. So I'd support the idea, but I know there's already people who are opposed to 2 tile reaching, so I wouldn't be too surprised if pikes faced resistance as well.