Polarms having reach observation

[ApsychicRat]

Ive noticed in .10 that with all poll arms having reach it make it really easy to escape enemies wielding said weapons, as they are not trying to get next to you they dont follow you up stairs and such. was this thought of when giving them this effect?

[XuaXua]

I can't speak for them, but it's harder to approach gnoll teams.

[KoboldLord]

The gnolls don't need to follow you on the stairs if there are four of them with the reach to smack you with their halberds if you try. If you try escaping by stairs, you'll just die. There is the corner case where it's easier to escape a lone polearm-wielder, but that's more than compensated for by the fact that polearm-wielder packs are now pincushions of death if you can't somehow break them up.

[evilmike]

Ive noticed in .10 that with all poll arms having reach it make it really easy to escape enemies wielding said weapons, as they are not trying to get next to you they dont follow you up stairs and such. was this thought of when giving them this effect?

This isn't a problem. Just a normal part of reaching attacks.

[TehDruid]

The let's say "problem" doesn't lie within the fact that polearms now have reaching but that monsters don't follow you across levels. I don't think the latter can be medicated though, as that would make a lot of situations non survivable (especially in the early game, but also Vaults:8, Tomb, etc.

[Eji1700]

It's a tradeoff. Upside, they don't stand next to you and chase you up the stairs. Downside, they stand behind ogres and poke you in the eye in hallways.

[ApsychicRat]

It's a tradeoff. Upside, they don't stand next to you and chase you up the stairs. Downside, they stand behind ogres and poke you in the eye in hallways.

made me laugh, and i see what people are saying, i always do my best to fight in hallways so i havnt noticed to much trouble from the increase to damage but perhaps that's just me.