New Non-Blunt "Hammers"?

The uh...Collosal Pick is piercing damage.

So since Factions we've had a non-blunt hammer. We've also had the Jitt the sword that does blunt damage :-)

theres a piercing hammer... however a giant axe for a hammer seems rather silly and slashing damage with insane KD is kinda over balanced i think I don't see what would be so overpowered about a slashing-damage hammer (which is what a two-handed sword/axe would technically be). I mean, a lot of monks already carry shields with +10 vs. Slashing to protect against adrenal spikes, right? Plus, it would be fairly easy to see what kind of damage the weapon does based on it's appearance, unless of course it has an elemental upgrade. I honestly don't see any imbalance with it what-so-ever.

I say bring on the giant two-handed axes and swords! I wanna see something like what Jora is holding! Hell yeah! (I also secretly have been wanting to play as Astaroth from Soul Calibur... yumm!)

Especially since some things, like ripostes, would be IMPOSSIBLE with two handed swords. Which is why it would still be called a "Hammer", it would only have the appearance of a sword. All the hammer skills as they are would still make sense when used with a massive two-handed sword or axe. They could still inflict Weakness and Deep Wound, and could cause knockdown. There's no need for extra attributes or skills to handle such a massive weapon, just call it a hammer and be done with it.

Examples from one of my favorite games:



Basically, hammers with edges.

What I think everyone is over looking is the fact that they would have to create new animations, unless the swords had extremely long handles. Hammers are held with TWO hands, up at the top and down at the bottom. Two handed swords are held at the HILT. MAYBE a two handed axe could use the hammer animations, but no way could a two handed sword. I didn't forget - extra long sword handle FTW! Have you seen the pictures of Jora with her massive sword? That handle could easily equal a short-handled hammer. The second hand would just be resting on the pommel, while the other hand would be right up near the guard. Of course, this would only allow the truly massive, huge, enormous blades, like what Jora and Siegfried (my pic) is holding, and not more subtle two-handers like a claymore (long sword) or a katana. Though it's still pretty sweet and could work.

I love it when people think they're correct, yet they're not! Ol-812, I think you've misinterpreted what Azagoth said. While the use of the term 'broadsword' has expanded in modern times to include any sword made for slashing, it originally referred specifically to a specific kind of sword - straight, double-edged, basket-hilted. The broadsword skin in Factions is a dao. No dao, however, fits the specific definition of a broadsword (the term refers to Chinese blades that are single-edged and often curved - straight, double-edged blades in China are referred to as the jian).

On the claymore... you're half right and half wrong. There are in fact two different sword designs that have been called a claymore. The first is the well-known, two-handed version that was used until around the 1700s, which is fairly close in appearance to the Guild Wars long sword skin. The second, however, used from then until (by some British officers) World War 2, and probably as a dress sword even today, pretty much exactly corresponds to the original definition of a broadsword, to the point of the terms being used interchangably.

(Oh, and for the record, notches like those are probably for halfswording techniques.)