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What I would really dislike is if the type would only be changed because there are so many unique swords and far too few unique clubs. That's the wrong reason in my opinion. The reason should have something to do with the Kapana Taga alone. And you gave such a reason. --- "Obsidian Sword" is an alternate way of calling a "macuahuitl" in our world. That's why I love calling it "Obsidian Sword" in the game. I'm pretty sure they won't introduce the term "macuahuitl" and that's good. So changing it to a club would mean you'd have an "Obsidian Sword" that is a club. Or you'd call it "Obsidian Club" and then you'd lose the indirect reference to macuahuitls. For the moment I'm inclined to let this question unanswered/open. We will probably not be able to change the type of the weapon back and forth whenever and however we like. So there will probably be no way back once it's changed. So I would prefer to let some more time pass. Let players play the game and discover our weapon. Let them experience it. Let them give time to form an opinion that we can take into consideration. And let there be time for Obsidian to introduce new unique clubs, so that people don't just want to change the type of the Kapana Taga for the single reason that there should be more clubs.

Look what I found on a certain Reddit thread:

Interesting, just skimming the news and I came upon this article... which for some reason reminded me of this thread. It talks about the so called "incels", involuntary celibates. A group of men who believe among other things that “Women are the ultimate cause of our suffering” and “They are the ones who have UNJUSTLY made our lives a living hell… We need to focus more on our hatred of women. Hatred is power.” The article says that the so called "Incels aren’t really looking for sex; they’re looking for absolute male supremacy. Sex, defined to them as dominion over female bodies, is just their preferred sort of proof." If you have any difficulties to understand the mindset of certain people, try reading that article. To me, it certainly explains, where some ideas in this thread are coming from.

Because there are people who strongly believe that it is any man's job to get the food on the table and any woman's job to stay at home and raise the children and do the chores. And any idea that dares deviate from that view is regarded as SJW propaganda. But mind you, there are also many people who only pretend to think that way to get strong reactions from other people. So you really don't know who actually thinks that way or not. This thread is almost like an invitation for certain people to come here an try to get strong reactions from other people. And the stronger you react and show how shocked you are the more fun it is for them to try to "trigger" you even more. So the only appropriate reaction to this thread in my view can be very well expressed by this smiley:

I haven't played the game yet. But I'm going to choose the same animal companion that I had in PoE1. It's a wolf called "Faolán" which is an Irish name and means "little wolf" xD Yeah I need a wolf. In fact I'm playing a ranger for that very reason. I'm a dog person. And I adore wolves.

Ahahaha! I didn't know about that portrait of Captain Fyrgist. Again Aarik didn't tell me. Probably so I could discover it for myself. I absolutely love it!

According to google translate it's filipino for "partner." I don't know if the translation is correct. I have no idea about filipino and google translator is not very reliable. But if the translation is correct think about it this way: His weapon is his partner. What is his weapon made of? Obsidian... Get it now? Captain Fyrgist of the Black Isle Bastards wielding an Obsidian Sword... Would sound very suspicious to me

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~ Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 ~ Hell March 2 by Frank Klepacki

~ Mass Effect 3 ~ A Future for the Krogan by Christopher Lennertz

Just like me! What a great match!

Not for nothing, but if you try to recruit Tek with Rekke in the party Rekke spits out a gibberish line and Tek doesn't get added to the party. Works normally if Rekke isn't in the party at the time. Wait, is that intended? As a meaning that they don't get along, or is it simply a bug?

Interesting. I haven't played the game yet. But after Tekehu it was Rekke who caught my eyes as second. I can see myself traveling with Edér, Aloth, Tekehu and Rekke as my main canon party. So with no spoilers, Rekke, is he an interesting companion?

I do understand and agree that there is an obvious lack of unique clubs. And a pretty obvious surplus of unique sword. My question would be, if that alone is reason enough to change the weapon type of the Kapana Taga. Especially when I would assume that the upcoming DLCs will try to address the shortages of certain weapon types anyway. That is okay and I take that into consideration. I have also already found some builds on the forum that use the Kapana Taga, like here and here. I would say it's still too early to say if it can compete with the other swords. We would need more data for that. And again the question would be, does that warrant changing its weapon type? Will people ignore the Kapana Taga as long as it is a sword but almost always use it as long as its a club? Well if it's a club, then you have two unique clubs. So players who use clubs may be more likely to use it. But will players actually turn from sword to clubs just for the Kapana Taga? Aren't players more likely to invest in swords and use swords because there are so many swords in the first place? Yes, that means the competition for the Kapana Taga as a sword is higher. But we may have more players who use swords than clubs to begin with. Those effects could cancel each other out. And again all of this line of thinking seems wrong to me. The Kapana Taga has characteristics from both swords and clubs. If we cannot have a multitype "sword/club", then I'd say the Kapana Taga should be of the type that it resembles most. And that is of course a matter of subjective opinion and perception. And I regard a macuahuitl as both, sword-like and club-like - but more of a sword than a club. But I'm very well aware that you can see it easily enough the other way around.

Vithrack companion with or without romance?

And that would be my question to all those who voted yes: Have you voted yes because you see the Kapana Taga as something more like a club than a sword? Or have you voted yes, because you want more unique clubs and less unique swords in the game?

I'm having a bit of a harder time with this as I thought I would. There may be only one unique club in the game, true. And there may be many unique swords, true. But there is only one unique sword that offers crush damage. That makes the Kapana Taga truly special in my eyes. As a sword! From a club I'd expect crush damage. And if you then change its type to club and don't call it an "obsidian sword" anymore in the description text either. Well then I don't feel it's the same weapon anymore, even though technically speaking it still is. I do like referencing the macuahuitl as an "obsidian sword" though. That is how you can call them too in our world. So in short, I feel that the Kapana Tage is far more unique, special and outstanding as a sword, not a club. Also I'm not sure if the lack of clubs is "our problem" (i.e. the problem of the BIB backers) so to say. And I'm not sure that one additional unique club is solving the shortage of unique clubs. From future DLCs I would expect more unique clubs to be added anyway. And then the Kapana Taga would be less special as a club. But it would always be special as a sword for its crush damage.

Hi, could you elaborate point 10 a bit?

So, one other question: In the description text of the Kapana Taga, the weapon is currently referred to as an "obsidian sword". To my ears, "obsidian sword" sounds awesome. That is also how macuahuitls in our world can be referred to. However, "obsidian club" does not quite have the same ring in my ears. So the question would be: If the type is changed to club, should the description text change as well? A bit strange, huh, when you have a weapon that is a club but it's referenced as a sword. On the other hand, exactly that can be seen as a way to express the duality of this weapon's nature.

Yep. This. Like I said in the Black Isle Bastards thread, we would need "multiclassing" i.e. "multitypes" for this kind of weapon. In a way, it's both club and sword. Of course it's neither a typical sword nor a typical club (it's flat for example). But it can be considered sword-like and club-like.

I made a poll about this in the spoiler section of the forum, here.

Greetings everyone, it seems there is only one unique club in the game, but many unique swords. So Aarik approached me and asked if they could change the type of the Kapana Taga to club. The Kapana Taga is based on a macuahuitl which can be seen as both a sword and a club. You will be able to find many sources on the Internet that call it club or sword or both. The question here is, what is your preference. Would you like its type changed to club? Everything else about the weapon would stay the same. Also note, the decision to change its type or not is not bound by the result of this poll. I would just like to know what everyone thinks about this. But in the end, the backers of the weapon will have the final word on this.

Okay, everyone, attention please! I was approached by Aarik who asked me if they could change the type of our weapon. Everything else inside the spoiler tag:

Damn, I misread "tittles" as . Too early in the morning. I need to go back to sleep...

I think a merger has been going on...