[quote=Little_ninja]
Lances work in different ways to spears, except for their thrust. Spears can be used more versatilely, whereas lances are more fixated. Glaives wouldn't be an impossible weapon to exist though. They might not have been mentioned or seen since a lot was skipped over. However, there was for a fact that Agil used a Halberd (I think) or Battle Axe of sorts. These two are similar polearms, unlike spears, which are generally classified as a separate type of weapon. Spear --> LanceBut AlsoPolearm--> LanceToo variable
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Irl lances and such do admittedly work very differently from one another however games tend to generalise to avoid having too many skills and you'll often see any vaguely similar weapons under the same skill even if they are used very differently (note the animations tend to change in order to faciliatate this). I mentioned the glaives not because I didn't think they were in the game but because I saw some on background characters about mid game (in reference to the SAO arc of the anime) and they generally didn't appear so much later on. Instead I noticed lances tended to be the long weapon of choice so figurd they might be a level progression of the earlier long weapons due to the very diverse range of weapons that tend to fit under one skill in mmos. What I thought this would probably mean is that the low level equivilent would be some form of polearm. From a rpers perspective too I know I would appreciate some versatility in my skills rather than risk being locked into one very specific variation of a weapon.

[quote=Little Ninja]
With your stat specsI mean, sure, 9 str and 19 agi isn't a great start for a tank, however, if you go with the next 10 levels with strength, it would balance quite nicely.
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i know ideally we would preserve the continuity but I would really be more comfortable respecing... I am going to have to change skills anyway if I want to go down the planned path.

[quote=Little Ninja]
I don't think there was anything with shields really, just a higher shield skill meant greater reduced damage when guarding. I don't think there were any shield bash skills, I think that would just be a non-system attack, which may damage slightly and push enemies away.
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It is the guard moves I am referring to. There would almost certainly be skills, even passive ones, regarding blocking. Of course you and Caits have the final say in this.

[quote=chukklehed]
Hail, I'm uspet that you haven't said Hi to me.
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Hi chukkle! Long time no see!