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  1. #31
    Originally Posted by CyCzarn Go to original post
    I'm new to these forums what's the likelihood of some Ubisoft employee responding to this thread? Just to confirm or deny one handed swords?
    When it's good news, there is usually a developer coming in, confirming something with a winking smile and that's it.
    The fact that such confirmation hasn't happened yet only strengthens the initial assumption.

    Originally Posted by spike000001 Go to original post
    Ive got your point, but should we really care HOW to implement such things. Shields should be in ACOD since day one. And the whole whining about "but you need one hand for the magical spear" - i dont care. Its a magical artifact, it could be in a neclace, a ring or something. No reason to sacrifice the most iconic item in ancient greece. The Shield. Come back with your shield or on it.

    BTT: it would be a bummer if there were no onehanded swords, but as i said... prepare for the worst, expect the best.
    I think it has more to do with the abilities. In ACO you'd use the shield using LB, but in ACOD LB is the botton for abilities, and you can't have any other button for abilities nor a shield. The alternative would have been to use LT for the shield, which is the same button for the bow, so you'd need to press a button to switch to a bow to use it.
    So it could have been a controls preference.
    Also, it could have been more, like multiplying the amounts of animations needed, because now every weapon would need an alternative animation to be used with a shield.
    It could have been many things.

    Obviously, I would have loved the shield in ACOD as well. don't get me wrong.
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  2. #32
    Originally Posted by SoulBrotherNr3 Go to original post
    it's pretty funny there is hardly any footage of what most likely would be popular combo's
    be it sword shield, sword axe, axe knife, sword knife.
    But no here's footage of dual-wielding shields omg its so funny and quirky..
    those things that are quirky and funny dont remain funny for more than a minute. any joke isnt funny the third and forth and fifth time. and dual-wielding shields is just a joke. I dont think anyone would use that option. Frankly I dont see a reason to wield a shield in the right arm either since you can't block with it....
    And it seems to me, which is just a very very personal opinion, that dual-weilding spears or any other two-handed weapon, looks silly.

    So I don't see why they included silly options over super common ones like one-handed swords. Dual-wielding heavy weapons maybe, but shields as a weapon instead of a sword?
    Now THAT's a joke.
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  3. #33
    Originally Posted by spike000001 Go to original post
    Ive got your point, but should we really care HOW to implement such things. Shields should be in ACOD since day one. And the whole whining about "but you need one hand for the magical spear" - i dont care. Its a magical artifact, it could be in a neclace, a ring or something. No reason to sacrifice the most iconic item in ancient greece. The Shield. Come back with your shield or on it.

    BTT: it would be a bummer if there were no onehanded swords, but as i said... prepare for the worst, expect the best.
    C'mon dude .... The necklace of Leonidas would have been dumb AF ....... The entire opening scene and the other scenes with Leonidas and his necklace would have been totally meaningless .... The spear of Leonidas was integral to the entire story


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  4. #34
    I have to agree with the other guy. The importance of the spear could have been changed to a necklace or helmet or anything with just a few lines of dialogue. Not giving a Greek/Spartan protagonist a shield was a bizarre and infuriating design choice.
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  5. #35
    In the last moments of the furious battle the spear shatters and the fragments are forged into a arm-cuff or something... Just a little more story telling. As for controls - sure, you are certainly right. They should have thinked of this before the controls layout. Take a simple shooter - "well, we need a button to bring up the sights... Aaaah, RMB is allready taken with jumping... Naaah, just drop the sights, they allready have a crosshair."

    Shields in ACV - i dont know. They seem to have a iron boss (is that the right word in english?), The round bump in the middle. Underneath is IRL a hole for the hand and a wooden grip, mounted to the whole shield. Because viking shields were not strapped onto the arm (unlike most greek). We will see if they got this right (but probably not...).
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  6. #36
    Originally Posted by spike000001 Go to original post
    In the last moments of the furious battle the spear shatters and the fragments are forged into a arm-cuff or something... Just a little more story telling. As for controls - sure, you are certainly right. They should have thinked of this before the controls layout. Take a simple shooter - "well, we need a button to bring up the sights... Aaaah, RMB is allready taken with jumping... Naaah, just drop the sights, they allready have a crosshair."

    Shields in ACV - i dont know. They seem to have a iron boss (is that the right word in english?), The round bump in the middle. Underneath is IRL a hole for the hand and a wooden grip, mounted to the whole shield. Because viking shields were not strapped onto the arm (unlike most greek). We will see if they got this right (but probably not...).
    In ACOD you could still use a two handed weapons while the spear is on the back. there is no need for the spear to really be in your hand unless for some special abilities, and in that case, the player could hold the spear in the same hand as the shield. i doubt that was the problem.

    Anyway, a shield for ACOD , like ADS or an assault rifle weapon type in shooters is like the swords in ACV - the fact those are not in feels a lot more like an omission than not including something that isnt necessary and will not be missed.
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  7. #37
    Is this one handed? I see its short to be one handed but the icon and the sword handle seem to be two handed. Maybe dagger also counted as sword or sword has the same animation as axe.
    edit: IDK how to upload image. its in the overview trailer when they pan through the inventory
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  8. #38
    Originally Posted by topeira1980 Go to original post
    those things that are quirky and funny dont remain funny for more than a minute. any joke isnt funny the third and forth and fifth time. and dual-wielding shields is just a joke. I dont think anyone would use that option. Frankly I dont see a reason to wield a shield in the right arm either since you can't block with it....
    And it seems to me, which is just a very very personal opinion, that dual-weilding spears or any other two-handed weapon, looks silly.

    So I don't see why they included silly options over super common ones like one-handed swords. Dual-wielding heavy weapons maybe, but shields as a weapon instead of a sword?
    Now THAT's a joke.
    Maybe they thought it would be boring to show super common combinations, because they are super common and nothing special...
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  9. #39
    Eivor fate trailer 2:05 but still I think its 2 handed

    Originally Posted by topeira1980 Go to original post
    those things that are quirky and funny dont remain funny for more than a minute. any joke isnt funny the third and forth and fifth time. and dual-wielding shields is just a joke. I dont think anyone would use that option. Frankly I dont see a reason to wield a shield in the right arm either since you can't block with it....
    And it seems to me, which is just a very very personal opinion, that dual-weilding spears or any other two-handed weapon, looks silly.

    So I don't see why they included silly options over super common ones like one-handed swords. Dual-wielding heavy weapons maybe, but shields as a weapon instead of a sword?
    Now THAT's a joke.
    You can block with shield on right arm. Check boomstick gaming video
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  10. #40
    https://youtu.be/TProWMue95E?t=294

    The link above is the video below, only at the right moment where you can see a couple of minutes of sword gameplay. Two handed, but I guess it's the only kinda sword we're gonna have.

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