Rogue Bandolier?

Actually, for a very long time Slings were used on the battle field. Slings played a large role in the battles between Alexander the Great and the Persians. So, historically speaking, there is precedence.
 
And for more effect spears and atatl were used too. Also, staff slings increased the range and power VS the regular slings. But back to the thrown items.

khador said:
maybe instead of having bandoliers just add some recipes into blacksmithing for some nice statted throwing daggers?
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This has potential to increase the use of throwing also. Could also do projectiles made with pottery. In either case, it may increase the usefullness of what is considered a side skill.
 
JDJersey said:
Actually, for a very long time Slings were used on the battle field. Slings played a large role in the battles between Alexander the Great and the Persians. So, historically speaking, there is precedence.
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slings were more of "lets all fire our slings so there are rocks falling on the other guy's team" and less of "i am firing my sling at that guy over there". they were ballistic and not terribly accurate.
 
JDJersey said:
Actually, for a very long time Slings were used on the battle field. Slings played a large role in the battles between Alexander the Great and the Persians. So, historically speaking, there is precedence.
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Hahaha! The first thing I thought of when a sling shot was mentioned was David and Goliath TBH.
 
Actually TM, thats not entirely accurate. Especially in Jayelle's reference, it wasn't a lucky shot at all that got Goliath in the head. It was very common, befor the prevelence of and in areas without an easy way to facilitate archery, for someone to get fatally precise with slings. It was a cheap weapon with nearly unlimited ammo handy with which a person can hunt and fight with. Sure, they were used to release a hail of stones upon the enemy, but in a similar fashion as arrows were, and they too can be used to target one specific person, like with a bow and arrow.
 
look if youre gonna use words like "not entirely accurate" and then turn around and reference david and goliath as if it meant anything, i reserve the right to call you a silly goose. also they would carry shot in a small pouch because the odds of you fighting on a field littered with good pebbles are virtually nil. also also, are you sure you're not thinking of a slingshot as opposed to a regular sling? not that slingshots were used in a military manner (they werent), but they were at least passably accurate.
 
As far as I recall, slings were totally accurate when used by the right people. They managed to hunt with that, so...

Plus, on a battle field, arrows were also used as ballistics.
 
Thinkmeats said:
concievably, itemization could whip up some bagorocks type "self-only summon throwing weapons", and those summoned weaps could have decent stats. the bag would have to be nodrop to prevent handing it around, though.

and historically speaking the ice comet is vastly superior to the gnomish fireworks because gaflabablab what
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Well as this game is based upon selectively reinforcing balance arguments with facts and forced "roleplay" (even though roleplay is merely enforced as a means to balance statistics/items and not for the real sake of RP) I think I made a very valid point.

Besides....after people had bows and arrows available to them NOBODY would use slings any more...unless they're retarded...
 
LB, I can't believe you wasted your 666th post on a topic as ridiculous as this. As there are no sling graphics in the client and only D&D wizards use slings anyway, and Wiz already said no to bandoliers, it's a dead topic. 666 could have been so much more...
 
IMO bring slings in game and make halflings use them with more efficiency than other races ! well that would mean a whole new set of weaps, ammos, and a new slingery skill... halflings would get liike 15 bonus to slingery...

Kk lemme take a nice cup of stfu
 
Okay let me try to make Sheck happy...

You're right. I should have used post 666 to attack the ridiculous notion of pulling "facts" from the bible or just gone on a longer rant about the game being an MMORPG... it's more of.... an MOG - not so much "massive" or "role-playing"

But damn it I wasted post 666 on replying to Thinkmeats....geez....
 
To be fair, the fight between david and goliath is backed up by many non christian historians. Second, you're right about shot, however they did, in fact, use what was around them if they were forced, as something is better than nothing. Thirdly, no i am not thinking of a sling shot, slings themselves can be very accurate. For a quick lesson in sling history/use check wikipedia, its not the end all and be all, but it gives it pretty good in brief.
 
Well slightly back on topic again...
Since Wiz came in with the "No can do", (Coding wise i can see this being hell to redo)
the no drop bags that summon statted throwing knives would be good :D. We get medical kits that summon bandages which are no drop.
Definitely more feasable than coding up bandoliers. It would just mean creating new items with ingame mechanics.
 
Thinkmeats said:
hahahahaha

clearly the rapier-sling is the ultimate in battlefield warfare :toot:
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No way, because noncumbersome platemail would in all situations be far superior.

Or maybe, just maybe, you use strawmen and insuficient reasoning/sources to back up ininformed arguements, only
to mask it with absurd statements clearly meant to ridicule.
 
JDJersey said:
Or maybe, just maybe, you use strawmen and insuficient reasoning/sources to back up ininformed arguements, only
to mask it with absurd statements clearly meant to ridicule.
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Welcome to the SoD forums.
 
JDJersey said:
No way, because noncumbersome platemail would in all situations be far superior.

Or maybe, just maybe, you use strawmen and insuficient reasoning/sources to back up ininformed arguements, only
to mask it with absurd statements clearly meant to ridicule.
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We were making a joke meant to avoid derailing the thread into the same mind-numbing nonargument as before. I actually hadn't noticed you were the same fella I was arguing with before, but that does add an extra layer of funny. Also making what's obviously a joke--and you said yourself that's what it was--isn't a strawman.
 
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