DeepThought42@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoIn a thousand years teachers will have a hard time explaining the origins of one of the most dangerous and ill-conceived weapons ever invented: the lightsabermessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down117
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareIn a thousand years teachers will have a hard time explaining the origins of one of the most dangerous and ill-conceived weapons ever invented: the lightsaberDeepThought42@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWell, about that, it turns out the Bat’leth may actually be a half-decent heavy weapon with lots of counterattack options…
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minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIt’s the “Cow Tools” of melee weapons. It might work to an extent, but we’ve had millenia to perfect bladed and spiked weapons, and somehow never arrived at anything close to the bat’leth.
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoTrue, weapons designed for reach. Bat’leth is much better as a CQ weapon when tight spaces are a problem for long weapons. Of course, knives…
Well, about that, it turns out the Bat’leth may actually be a half-decent heavy weapon with lots of counterattack options…
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Well, about that, it turns out the Bat’leth may actually be a half-decent heavy weapon with lots of counterattack options…
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
It’s the “Cow Tools” of melee weapons. It might work to an extent, but we’ve had millenia to perfect bladed and spiked weapons, and somehow never arrived at anything close to the bat’leth.
True, weapons designed for reach. Bat’leth is much better as a CQ weapon when tight spaces are a problem for long weapons. Of course, knives…