Making staff 1 handed

[Rivetz]

Well, i was playing this afternoon and one thing came to my head.

I was with my soothsayer in lilith and i noticed a strange thing, why the staffs in this games are called "2 handed" if the character holds it with 1 hand only.


Well it would be nice to see a mage wearing a shield with his staff, would'nt?

So im asking to modders to try some of this stuff, im the first one who support it, am i alone?

[The Fallen One]

I support this as well. The IT cover mislead me to believe you could go staff and sword.

Is this even possible?

[Rivetz]

Originally Posted by The Fallen One

I support this as well. The IT cover mislead me to believe you could go staff and sword.

Is this even possible?

Yes, i noticed that too, 1 sword and 1 staff on the female in IT cover.

[TECHNOmancer]

Unless I'm mistaken, she's wielding a sword and a spear, which I think is the Reach of Helios.

[yerkyerk]

Yea, she's wielding spear and sword, dunno if they can be found in-game. You can't wield them both, but still.. also, wielding a stave and a shield would be a bit strange - staves would become way overpowered and require a lot of intelligence, whereas shields require a lot of strength.

[Jounin Reaper]

actually since it would be a major change to the game,why couldn't there be mage melle weapons and shields?
just think of a toon dual wielding a sword and a staff
and i think it should be some staffs are one handed,slightly quicker than the two handed versions,but about 2/3 the damage.
and the two handed staffs would be really powerful.

[RBradleyM]

I like the idea of making staffs one handed or at least one handed varieties I also think that their should be mage shields that require some strength but also intelligence to use. this would allow mages to have some additional protection but at the cost of having to put some attribute points into strength.

[TECHNOmancer]

Given that the user would have a staff and a shield, what about reducing the range of the staff's projectiles as well? This would have the effect of balancing the utility of the one-handed staff versus its two-handed counterpart (as you can argue that the range of a two-handed staff's projectiles is central to its effectiveness). Second, it would make the shield more useful since enemies would close to melee range more often.

Thoughts and/or comments?

[Fluimp12]

If the girl in the beginning is holding a staff, she has a 1 handed staff somehow. If she's using a spear, she can somehow use a sword and a spear even though that's impossible. Either way, that girl hacks. Lol.

[RBradleyM]

I can see reducing the one handed staffs range. I see the one handed staff acting more like a scepter or wand both smaller in size and range taking up less space in the inventory as well 6 blocks instead of 8 or possibly 3 blocks for low level wands. Also magic shields should have an energy regeneration component but a lower block percentage against physical damage and higher against non physical damage but still upgradable with relics and charms.