Grimrock

Do you think that Almost Human will include more reach weapons in the sequel? In the original there was only the legionary spear and it got weak after a while. It would be cool to use something like a trident or a pitchfork as one of your back party members primary weapon. What do you all think?

It would be nice yes. A separate reach weapons class would also come in handy.

Yeah, spears felt like the odd guy out the first time around.

If you want a weapon with a long reach, skip those wimpy tridents and go straight for halberds.

DrewpakS wrote:I have my rogue in the back line. Since I have not found a bow yet, and he runs out of projectiles pretty soon I gave him a spear to melee. So what weapon or skill category should I increase to make a character proficient with long reach weapons?

Spears or Reach weapons are outside the weapon classes player characters can learn. The only way to improve their usefullness are indirect buffs like +Strength items or a Hardstone bracelet.

Now the rogue can learn Reach Attack for all wieldable melee weapons by learning Assassination 12 and once he/she reached that point the spear will prolly be instantly replaced with a better/faster melee weapon. Note that Assassination's higher ranked special attacks Improved Backstab, Piercing Attack and Master Assassin require a dagger to work so only invest that much if your rogue uses a dagger.

Dr.Disaster wrote:Note that Assassination's higher ranked special attacks Improved Backstab, Piercing Attack and Master Assassin require a dagger to work so only invest that much if your rogue uses a dagger.

Quick Strike and Improved Quick Strike work with any melee weapon (or bare hands), though. Also, their descriptions are misleading - it sounds like they increase attack speed by 25% and 50%, but they actually decrease attack cooldown by 25% and 50%, which are 33% and 100% increases to attack speed.

I used the spear with my mage, as an alternate attack for when I didn't want him to use as much mana on spells, or if I didn't have enough.