[GMST] [0.99] Chaos

Because Spears are generally faster than Polearms.

That wasn't why Dark Knights used Spears pre-Big Bang though.

Personally I rather have a slightly weaker equip set that I can sell and use on multiple characters of the same class.

Good point, but entirely irrelevant.

In this discussion, ShinkuDragon is comparing using 5/6 of a 140 set to using 6/6 of the set.
That means the rhetorical player has already chosen to get five pieces of armor that he can't easily sell/trade.

why do you have to be insulting in EVERY SINGLE POST you make?

I'm only caustic towards things I find lacking thought.
Your hyperbole is as unnecessary as your caps lock powa.

Now time to nit and pick. (And I just noticed I missed your previous post...)

i wonder. have you seen the amount of w.attk that is already coming? everything has w.attk on it, and i mean EVERYTHING

Your point?

, besides, not going for the overall means another almost certainly obscenely priced item, which, by the way, you suggest to chaos, which is completely random luck, look how in my post i didn't scroll anything, i just said that you don't even require the overall, if you want it, fine, have it, it's one of the options after all.

And my point is that to forgo it is simply retarded.

we still need to see if it stacks with 30% boss on weapon (i figure it will) but anyone getting this stuff will be hitting damage cap with sacrifice constantly anyways.

If %BossDamage on weapons stacks, this will stack with them.
And, no, getting these items doesn't mean someone will be constantly doing the cap with Sacrifice.

besides, some, like me, aren't freaking rich, i already have a pretty nice top/bottom and shoes, not to mention the helmet, and overall, i already have the dex requirement to equip the polearm, does that make me an idiot for not equipping everything?

Entirely irrelevant. That wasn't the scenario I was addressing.
You said someone could "pick wether you want the lionheart overall (30 dex, and completes the 6 set effect) or a bottom/top for the extra potential."
I pointed out that that the latter would be moronic.

no, it makes me poor, plain as that, my example was just showing that people saying "OMG I NEED TO ADd DEX OR I'LL SUCK" don't need to add a single point to it, provided they play around with +dex potential in their other equips.

No pomegranate. Stereo pointed that out months ago.

also, i know (or hope) that the idiot comment was aimed in general, as in "if you got all that, get the overall too" but do me a favor and tone it down on the insults, besides, you still have one "moronic comment" to argue about, which is my answer to your previous post, go in order please.

If you know that, then the entirety of your most recent post was utterly unnecessary.

And, yes, I missed your previous post. However, if I had purposely chosen not to respond of my own volition, it's not your place to instruct me how to reply.

it also leads to less options

It leads to an illusion of more options.
As it is now, the 130 and 140 Spears are utterly pointless.
Why? Because Dark Knights will always be better off with the Polearms.

. and here, i'll break it for ya:

spears used to be the "endgame" because the place to train was either bosses (sacrifice sucked there, fury even more) meaning that due to the stab extra damage, you would require a spear for optimal DPS.

or mobs, which rarely ever came in groups of more than three, making buster, again, optimal DPS for training not to mention, back then fury was pretty meh, while buster was incredible better in groups of 3 or less.

No pomegranate. I'm quite aware of why Dark Knights used spears.
Thanks for backing up my point.

what was the best weapon for a DrK back then? a sky ski, for the ones that didn't go the "hybrid way" and stayed as polearm drk's, it was the purple surfboard, which wasn't as inflated until arans came along (because again, hybrid >>>) and then the arcglaive, stab multiplier and speed is what we cared about back then.

And the Sky Ski is a what?

now, let's look at the trend after BB, fast five polearms: level 140, level 130, level 95, irrelevant ones, and let's look at fast 5 spears: level 43 impaler

So your entire post is just going to be asserting what I've already said? Well, that certainly makes this easy.

that means that if we lost our ability to use polearms, we would lose one whole speed level, which would be where my comment of "use blunts only if you want" because it would be the same as a pally losing it's ability of using fast4/5 swords, since all BW's are normal speed. so it's no moronic statement, at least no more than yours

Too bad that loss of speed couldn't possibly be remedied by making other balance adjustments.
Ever consider that, perhaps, the Polearms are another Elemental Staff issue? Perhaps that these weapons weren't made with you in mind?

Also, not all 1H BWs are Normal (6). And, yes, it is a moronic statement because you've shown that you missed the point entirely.

I've said plenty of times that I wish they made Palis use 1H axes/swords/BWs, Heroes use 2H axes/swords/BWs, and Dark Knights use spears. The entire purpose would be to ensure that all weapons had some worth/use. Axes and BWs could have their base attack/multipliers adjusted appropriately to make them on-par with swords.

Hell, even now, there are plenty of Paladins who opt for Crushed Skulls since faster weapons lose all advantage whenever SI is available. This scenario doesn't exist for these new Spears.

That said, seeing as the topic of discussion was Polearms/Spears, I found that it would be diverting too much to mention the other two Adventurer Warriors.

heck, if i lost polearms and you lost swords, you'd still be able to go for the level 140 fast 5 weapon, i would be stuck with a sky ski, or a level 140 slow weapon, not cool man, not cool.

What level 140 Fast (5) weapon that isn't a sword is your clouded mind envisioning?