Talk:Spear

Not dye-able? Anets getting lazy...
Only TWO out of the sixteen regular-dropping spears are affected by dye. And they're two of the less appealing skins, in my opinion. That just seems like sheer laziness, pretty ridiculous. Everything about weapons and armor and dyes in this game is about customizing your character so it looks the way you want it to look - why even bother with different skins? I like to be as unique as possible (I know, not really possible) and this is cramping my style... 71.98.75.147 22:18, 27 February 2007 (CST)

It looks like they're one-handed. -- Gordon Ecker 04:46, 26 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Is this kind of like a playboy? Are we just looking at the pictures here? Or is that what the text says? :P --Xasxas256 04:50, 26 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Yep, it's just the pictures. I translated it with babelfish, it's pretty much this page in Japanese with different art plus some information that only affects players on the Japanese servers (specifically, the hasty translation into Japanese for the PvP preview event and the monthly payment plan that's not available here). -- Gordon Ecker 05:37, 26 July 2006 (CDT)

So basically it's... slightly less damaging than a bow, but faster AND it allows for the use of an offhander/shield? That's pretty mighty stuff there, then. This is not the weak bard I thought it would be, although I'm still going for the Dervish in terms of overall coolness. I see a crapload of potential for P/Ws and to a lesser extent, W/Ps. I'm guessing those may well end up as the new wammos. --Black Ark 03:42, 28 July 2006 (CDT)


 * Nah, wammos would always have mending and healing hands.Silk Weaker 04:27, 28 July 2006 (CDT)


 * Too bad there's no spear equivalent of Barrage, Lightning Fury or Plague Javelin ... yet ... -- Gordon Ecker 03:57, 29 July 2006 (CDT)

projectile flight time
Can someone with some kind of video capture capabilities check the exact projectile flight time? -- Gordon Ecker 03:51, 29 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I came up with 0.6 (0.59 as with the shortbow?) at shortbow range. 80.202.245.195 11:05, 29 July 2006 (CDT)
 * The page Weapons says it's a flight time of 0.60 seconds, so I've added that to the page. 213.84.52.71 04:42, 26 February 2007 (CST)

anet goes illogical again
Those are actually javelins, spears are more like 3-metres long and you'd have to have a lot of good intentions to throw them further than straight into your fingertips. - Lavvaran 15:58, 17 September 2006 (CDT)

Coming to think of it youve got a good point o_O 62.252.128.28 16:00, 17 September 2006 (CDT)


 * You could say that javelins are kinds of spears as well, and in a way they are-- poles with spearhead. Silk Weaker 00:20, 23 September 2006 (CDT)
 * Javelins are most certainly a type of spear. In fact, ALL javelins are spears, just not all spears are javelins. Also, there's no rule that says spears are 3 meters long, in fact, many spears are shorter than that, both melee and throwing versions. The Japanese yari was not a throwing weapon, and it could be as small as a 1 meter shaft with a 1/3 meter blade. The European spontoon(another non-throwing spear) tended to be just over 2 meters. The Hasta carried by the Roman triarii was a non throwing spear of about 2 meters length(and the Roman pilum, a throwing spear, was just under 2 meters). Even more interesting, the assegai spear of the Zulu was originally a throwing weapon of just slightly over 2 meters long, but the Zulu king Shaka created a SHORTER version of these spears for melee combat... DKS01 01:03, 19 October 2006 (CDT)


 * And why would you worry about the length of the spears on a character that seems to be able to produce an endless supply of them out of thin air? ;-) --Xeeron 04:07, 19 October 2006 (CDT)

As if Anet or any other video game provisioner has to be logical... L O L

Since this looks already like a fusspot contest ^_^ ... It's more: "unrealistic" than "illogical".

damage
what sort of damage does a non fiery spear?? piercing?? 21-september 2006

New Caster Weapon
Has anyone else considered how awsome this would be for a caster with the +5 energy mod and +20% enchanting. Like A Totem Axe except you could still attack. Im thinking about not deleeting my ele after all. :) --Coloneh  20:17, 10 October 2006 (CDT)
 * Yup, everyone in PvP(maybe also PvE) who used to run axes/sword now runs a Spear... Altho it does not matter that mutch, but it is nice to trigger enemy monks' Reversal of Fortune :P UnexistNL

Changes
Removed the part about it being able to have the unconditional damage bonus, as the unconditional bonus was removed from the game before spears existed, and only weapons created before the change can have the unconditonal bonus.

No Requirement
What is the Max Damage for a NO Requirement Spear Please? Rud
 * I believe it is 6-9. VegaObscura 17:48, 9 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Edit: Never mind. Just looked up the rule.

Problem
I have a spear that I found in PvE. It has no requirement, and says it does 6-9 damage. I even spent all the time and money to give it +5 energy and +30 health so I could use it on my monk in PvP. Here is where the problem starts; I go out into the Isle of the Nameless and try it out on the suit of 60 armor. It only deals 2-3 damage, even though it has no requirement. Someone please explain. VegaObscura 17:50, 9 May 2007 (CDT)
 * If you had 12 spear mastery, it would deal 6-9 damage against 60 AL. --Fyren 17:53, 9 May 2007 (CDT)
 * This is, of course, ignoring the idea that you could just get a max one with the same mods via the pvp equipment screen, yes? --Armond Warblade (talk) 20:28, 13 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Not one with no requirement he can't, and that is what he wants I believe. DKS01 01:05, 14 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Yes I was under the impression that if you used a spear that you had the requirement for, it would deal the full damage listed on the spear. Fyren answered the question, but the question was answered in more detail on Guru, with a chart telling how much damage you can get from each amount of spear mastery.  So with my poorly researched impression, I thought if I had a spear with no requirement that said 6-9 damage, I could use it on a monk with full damage. VegaObscura 01:28, 14 May 2007 (CDT)
 * this chart? -- Xeon 01:31, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

1/2 second activation skills
Anyone else notice that you throw sidearm when using 1/2 second activation spear skills, like Harrier's Toss and Disrupting Throw? One of my favorite things about spears, tbh :P Tain 19:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC)