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Half Sword: Guide to Creating the Best Longswords
This guide teaches you how to forge optimal longswords in Half Sword, explaining the importance of balance, weight, and different components to create versatile or specialized weapons for combat against opponents with or without armor.
1. 🛠️ Introduction to the crafting system and weapon balance in Half Sword
- ✅ The game has a complex crafting system that doesn't explain how to create good weapons.
- ✅ The weapon's balance is shown on a wooden bar; the optimal point is approximately 2 inches from the handguard.
- ✅ To turn a weapon into a longsword, increase the grip slider.
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1. 🛠️ Introduction to the crafting system and weapon balance in Half Sword
- ✅ The game has a complex crafting system that doesn't explain how to create good weapons.
- ✅ The weapon's balance is shown on a wooden bar; the optimal point is approximately 2 inches from the handguard.
- ✅ To turn a weapon into a longsword, increase the grip slider.
01:25 - 04:20
2. ⚔️ Creating a versatile longsword: Component selection and weight adjustment
- ✅ Choose a versatile blade that is good for both stabbing and cutting.
- ✅ Reduce the size of the blade to improve fluidity in combat; a good reference point is the letter 'D' on the slider.
- ✅ Select a handguard that you like visually, although larger ones offer more protection.
- ✅ Choose a pommel that looks like a mace for performing blunt attacks.
- ✅ Reduce the weight of the weapon to improve accuracy and fluidity.
- ✅ Adjust the balance by moving the mass and pommel sliders until the balance bar is 2 inches from the handguard.
- ✅ Use light decorative metal such as gold to keep the weight down.
04:21 - 05:32
3. 🛡️ Longsword for combat against heavy armor: Prioritizing damage over fluidity
- ✅ Significantly increase the weight of the weapon to maximize damage against armored opponents.
- ✅ Use a large handguard to protect yourself from polearm attacks.
- ✅ Choose a thicker blade, ideal for cutting.
- ✅ Use gold decorative metal to increase the weight.
- ⚠️ Avoid exceeding 4000 g of weight, as the weapon will become difficult to handle.
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4. 🗡️ Sword template for stabbing: Lightness and distance control
- ✅ Use the thinnest possible blade for stabbing.
- ✅ Prioritize the lightness of the weapon to facilitate distance control.
- ✅ Slightly increase the length of the blade compared to the versatile longsword.
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5. ⚖️ Hybrid sword: Balance between damage and handling
- ✅ Aim for a weight around 2000 g for a balance between damage and handling.
- ✅ Slightly increase the length of the blade, sacrificing a bit of handling.
- ✅ This sword is effective against opponents with light armor or no armor, inflicting significant slashing damage.
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6. 👋 Farewell and invitation to suggest future guides
- ✅ The creator invites viewers to suggest what type of weapon they would like to see in future guides.
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