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The Commander
The Commander
01:09
@VLAZ The original idea was "the ability to change shape AND mass distribution" but it did feel too broad(At that point, it probably would become just a grapple-fest between two weapons, anyway.) I did briefly consider specifying "Sword' but I wanted to know how it affect other weapons too(e.g. polearms) and weapon design itself
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I wanted to know how it would affect multiple weapons; e.g. polearms AND swords
probably should clarify distribution of mass too
e.g. it's not just a shifting weight
this would probably affect weapon design, too.
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but you'd be able to change between a shortsword and polearm, anyway?
 
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Feeds
Feeds
03:20
There's a version that shows the planets with no cropping, but it's hard to find a display that supports it.
 
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AndyD273
AndyD273
15:23
@Fulano Water doesn't compress, so I don't know that it would dampen it. Think dynamite in a lake. The shockwaves are enough to kill fish for a distance because the non-compressed water crushes things.
Drive-by downvotes with no comment are super frustrating. I'd rather have a mean comment telling me why my question is stupid than no comment. I can fix/clarify stupid.
@Fulano you might want something like a water hammer arrestor in the system to act as a shock absorber for the pressure wave...
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@AndyD273 Water becomes steam and absorbs energy, steam compresses...
AndyD273
AndyD273
Since air compresses, the shockwave traveling through the water pushes up on the air pocket in the arrestor and dampens it, like shock absorbers on a car dampen a bump in the road.
Steam might compress, but only after expanding a whole lot
AndyD273
AndyD273
15:46
@TheCommander I'm picturing a weapon made out of something like the liquid metal in Terminator 2, where it can flow to where the user wants it to go. I believe with something like a sword you would want it to be balanced, so that you can have fast movements to block, parry, thrust, etc. very quickly.
If you made it into a war hammer or axe where crushing is a factor, then you would want to concentrate a lot of the mass in the weapons head to maximize the amount of force.
You could even shift the weight on the fly. Have the weight in the handle when you swing it back, and then have it transfer into the head as you're swinging it forward to maximize the potential kinetic energy.

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