Well, at the very least none of the mmo's i've played recently have had polearms. Some get close, but no cigar - like the poster that mentioned he used a polearm in sw:tor ... no, he didnt. He might
If ZOS could make spears magicka based, while polearms stamina based, that would be awesome, since I feel magicka should have a melee weapon too, or choose one weapon only to add (spear/polearm), make
Pole weapons were used for hundreds of years in shield-wall formations. The guys with the big shields up front didn't do much of the killing; it was the dudes with the missile weapons, spears and gla
some of the spears main features was range, it's ability to puncture through vulnerable points of armor, some were capable of slashing (less effective then pokey pokey) and in desperation could be thr
In the world of Tamriel, there exist creatures which are far larger and more capable than we have in reality. Trolls, as an example. Deadra as another.
They seem to be balancing (trying at least) Ranged 28m weapons with Melee 5m weapons range, adding another weapon with 10m range wouldnt be that different. It even seems like some of the weapons and a