The bonuses granted to blindside are significant. Applying those bonuses to larger weapons would be beyond broken. We would have to drastically lower the significant bonuses, and I don't think you'd actually want that if you knew how significant the bonuses are.

Javac
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Javac, the weight limit has been something requested for forever. Is there anything you can use to explain why it's so important, aside from 'big bonus, best bonus, it's yuge'? Something, for example, that could go into the wiki to point to people about why we don't want it removed?

>Is there anything you can use to explain why it's so important, aside from 'big bonus, best bonus, it's yuge'?

Not really. The bonus is INCREDIBLY huge, though. And it's a percent, so the bigger the weapon, the bigger the bonus would be. If we allowed Large Edged or Two Handed Edged to get the same bonus, it would have to be a small bonus. Hence, we cap it to small weapons to keep the bonus huge. I know you've heard this all before, but it's the only thing we can say. Because, seriously. So. Freaking. Huge.

>is there any chance you would consider lifting the weapon type requirement?

I'm concerned that would have the same issue opening up the weight. I'm fairly sure you could get Large Edged templates to 30 stones, and those templates have larger damage values. Which means the percentage would make it bigger.

This started out as a quick QoL change to allow blunts, and non-bipeds. It stayed changing it to allow blunts, and non-bipeds, but nothing about it was quick.

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What about tweaking the bonus down based on weapon type?

Example SE, ME, SB, MB are 4x
LE, LB 2x
2HB, 2HE, Polearm, Staves 1.5x

Or cap the bonus damage so even with a bigger weapon it can't go beyond what should be possible.

Just wanted to chime in and say this is a really great release. I played a thief for a long time, and am tempted to reactivate him over this release alone. The only thing holding me back is available play time.

Amazing change. My baby thief thanks you with all of his heart.

Popped into test, diggin the change. Everything looked good except this seemed odd for messaging


Your hammer is a little awkward, but usable.
You slip out of concealment and thrust at a young wyvern!
Moving poorly, you swing at a young wyvern. A young wyvern evades, just managing to get out of a tight spot.
[You're solidly balanced with opponent in better position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

>I'll have to dig, thanks for posting!

I put a fix into test. Please let me know if you see anything else odd.

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Any ETA on this moving to prime? My characters never got loaded to test, so I haven't had a chance to mess with it.