spear is by far the best melee weapon.
If you know how to play as it is, no other weapon can hit you while you can. (besides bow ofc)
Combat animations on conan are clunky af.
If your enemy start to walk or run, you can’t even hit them with almost no weapon.
Spears range alone makes it stand out if you know what your doing, wile they are not the best option currently theyre very competitive
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I think a better solution is a new moveset for some of the pikes specifically. Some of these thinks look like freaking halberds and should be swung, not stabbed.
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I agree with alot of this, though I can usually hit a moving target , though again with a one hit not a combo as they are ridged to attack only in one directions MOST times.
Yeah I died to a lot of things 
Even really stupid things, haha.
I actually utilize the new light attacks from the pikes from time to time. They hit faster than heavy attacks.
I know, trust me too m8, I am really nostalgic to these days but hopefully my friend @CodeMage is always trying to put me back on trucks, because I derair a lot 
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But tbh, the new light attack is for the most poop, guess u using it more than old one, since u kinda only use the old one to get to the 4th heavy bit faster too.
But since heavy attack on spear is so slow, and weak compared to back then and light attack has the same damage (in the first attack) I see more people using it, also do it myself. Problem with it is just that it is static, and really ugly and boring animation. #fishingenemies
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Fisherman yes haha
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I just want to grab a spear and a shield, and fight like a Spartan from the 300.
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Tbh a stab and swipes and then sweeps would be a lot better than what we got, I prefer javelins because they have good moves compared to the spears, idk maybe I’ll try them again
It’s called Javelin 
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And you can have ten in stack so you can throw some and still hold a javelin 
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I have a feeling that everybody who says “the spear is the best weapon”, “it’s hard to master”, “leave it alone”, “doesn’t need a change” and so on and so forth are being extremely biased simply by its effectiveness in PvP and are afraid to lose that and nothing more. Am I correct in sensing that?
However if you look at it, indeed the spear can be used to poke things from a distance… but then again I seem to recall a famous scene from game of thrones where the Red Viper shows that a spear can be used for a bit more than standing still and poking Obviously that was exaggerated out of proportion for artistic effect, but if we get moves like that, then I’m down!
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Historically, the spear was one of the most effective weapons ever right up to the bow even in unskilled hands. In the hands of a master it was terrifying . It had its weaknesses though also and those are not fully being shown in this game granted. This game could benefit from having the weaknesses of weapons more represented as it make the combat more dynamic.
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Hmmm. Mostly it was used because it was the cheapest to craft and arm a whole army. The only iron, or bronze was the pointy edge. Officers had swords and yes they were more deadly in fights than spears.
Yet we speak about fantasy and gaming here , so feroxic daggers rules 
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Thank God someone else pointed this out (no pun intented). Spears have a glaring weakness in this area and one other atleast as well. You can cut the shaft of the spear. I with we could do this as well if the opponent allows you inside their attack.
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Most of weapons need move sets,
BUT…not outright changing what they do now. Just add on move sets to what they do now.
It be nice to poke with r2, then hold right and wind weapon around on right, etc etc.
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They’re many styles actually
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This is something id love, a way to control which strike you want to do without resulting in directional combat mechanics (like last oasis)
Gotcha. Yeah I agree some more fluid movement would be nice, though I wouldn’t want it at the expense of allowing lag abusers from ruining it again.