Blaster vs Blade

So. I was playing kotor 2 this morning and I just kinda thought. Hrm in this game unless you have a feat ranged weapons suck upclose and you need to switch to blades or another melee to stop missing alot. Then I thought well on LotJ Blades and pikes suck without approach/lunge/ambush. So why not add in the reverse make it so repeaters miss alot if approached. Will see either more weapon switching in combat or more manuevering and less murder gouge bash spam.

I know I’m committing heresy, but in my opinion anything that puts LotJ a bit closer to either of the Kotors = win. I would also enjoy someone using a repeater not being able to disarm/gouge, because how the hell can you do those things with a damn rifle??

These are all good ideas ; I especially like the type of weapon you are wielding affect gouge/disarm/etc. At the same time, the type of weapon you are trying to DISARM should matter too. I would imagine it is easier to disarm a blaster pistol than it is a repeater?

That’s not the point. I was just using two extremes for the example. For a different example, imagine holding a 4×4 and a fencing foil, both of equal length. Both threaten the same distance from the wielder, but one is far easier to remove from someone’s hand than the other. The game already takes care of attacks and whether you hit or miss, the purpose of the semi-hijacked discussion was whether size/weight affects disarming, and I believe it does. If Walldo meant it to apply to one-handed vs two-handed then it’s moot anyways.

I believe you shouldn’t be able to DISARM when holding any sort of blaster unless you have a feat or blaster mastery at least. DISARM should be a unarmed or melee skill only. GOUGE? Eh, could go either way. You could move in on your opponent and bash their eyes with the butt of your rifle or your free hand if holding a pistol. At the same time, you’d have much higher chances at landing a GOUGE if you were using a hand-weapon.

On the receiving end, I agree with Walldo. I think holding a two-handed rifle is a lot harder to disarm than someone holding a pistol in one hand. At the same time, it is not practical to hold a pistol with one hand either if anyone has shot one in real life. That’s a tough call.

I suppose, to simplify things you could just allow DISARM against any weapon type, but maybe just make it a little harder for certain ones to be disarmed. Increase the odds of disarmament if the attacker is unarmed. He/She would have to take the risk of being without a weapon to pull off a more definite disarm stunt. Who knows. That’s my 2 cents.

Performing a disarm while bare handed could give you a chance to not only knock your opponent’s weapon out of their hands, but grab it before it hits the ground, effectively using it in combat against them. This would give a bit (although a tiny bit) of flexibility to actually fighting without a weapon, which currently is utterly and completely useless unless you enjoy doing 14 points of damage with your mighty ‘onslaught’.