I know that this has probably been discussed in many topics already, but regarding recent POTENTIALLY FALSE beta tester leaks, it seems that some fears may or may not have been confirmed, so I'm bringing it back up again.

I know that there is a good chance that most of the BETA LEAK info is probably garbage, but it still got me thinking;

IF - we aren't actually able to use the spears that the rieklings are using........... why?!

Bethesda knows how much fans want them - even showed off the potential for it in the game jam thing

and the fact that they'd finally introduce them but not let us use them (in the Elder Scrolls? come on!) seems UTTERLY CRUEL.

I know there will be some people saying 'don't underestimate Bethesda' and 'how can we know? don't assume that crap.'
which are all totally valid.

Anyways, this is just me venting how ridiculous the whole thing seems to me. Maybe my fears will prove miguided and I'll get to use the same
STICK WITH POINTY METAL TIP that my Nord used 8(ish) years ago.

Todd enjoys trolling...ALOT.

Too true. Too true.
I even went as far (naively) to start a new character in morrowind and go to Solstheim in preparation for this.
When creating my character, I thought: "Spears? HELL YEAH! if I'm gonna get to use them in Skyrim, might as well use them now!"
But who knows...

This again? We've been over this! Were the players asked if we agreed with terms of the design? No. We were told. And we had to like it.

Now on a more serious note, we'll know about spears in a week. Patience.

We're at the point of the games life cycle where it really shouldn't matter if they decide to add in spears or not. Sure, I would love to wield a spear again like I did for Morrowind. It won't kill us if they decide not to put them in for player usage this time around at this point. There's always hope for next game.

The general consensus agreed on here throughout all the spear threads is that spears are usable from the Reiklings (spelling please?) though they will be used as arrows. Beyond that, no one will know till next week. Plus the OP even mentioning beta on here is suicide :/

You're right. One week's time will tell.
It just seems weird to me that they would SHOW their work towards usable spears at the game jam, and then taunt us by only letting those little blue ba***rds use them.

I feel like, if they're not going to be usable by us, they might as well not include them all together.
I certainly wouldn't vomit in rage if I saw a reikling using an axe instead of a spear.

Anyways, it's pure conjecture.

Why would they?

Because Mister Howard is a pysjic and they are well known for trolling their lessers.

You're right. I may have shot myself in the foot with this one...

Still, it's done now so don't worry. To answer your question, they would do it because they can. They know we'll buy the DLC regardless of how much they troll us

Perfection. You are absolutely right. I just need to vent this s**t every now and then.

One interesting thing to note is how the only 'weapon' that we couldn't use in Skyrim was the giant's club - which makes perfect sense because it's massive.

I am going to laugh myself to death if I see myself firing a spear out of a bow.

Well, it is possible the player wielding would come in a post dragonborn patch, like mounted combat came in a post Skyrim patch.

Good point! I hadn't thought of that.

With an Iron Maiden profile? Venting is allowed \m/


One can hope

I wouldn't hold my breath, for anything to be honest.

My heart stopped for a second......
I'm sorry man, but that is a LED ZEPPELIN reference

Why not?

There was also a very good post/blog entry that said why there is virtually no point in putting them in other than to satify those who played TESIII specifically as a speir wielder.. Which was about... 1 person. I'll try and find it.

Nothing is true and everything is permitted. Until 4th December.

I used spears man! come on! Spears are as nordic as Axes and Mead. But believe me, it's not about TESIII.

Morrowind had throwing stars and DARTS (I even used them) and you don't hear me begging for their return.

Um... I was just testing! It's like 4am here, long day and sleep deprived. I... have no other excuses. Fail lol.

OT: Spears should be put in sooner rather then later due to popular demand!

I just want high quality games like we used to get. That's all I want... I want my games to WORK, no game breaking bugs, crashes or just freezing up for no reason.

I don't think spears are about TESIII. Swords, axes and hammers have been in almost every single fantasy RPG out there, having spears adds a less common weapon option and also an entirely new weapon type to the game, which will make it a lot fresher.

No worries man!
and I'm with you. I'm sure they'll do it eventually. But what better time to introduce spears than when they're INTRODUCED!

I'm with the op on this i don't see why they would put them in and not let us. I know we can't know what they plain with this dlc, but with all reason they see we all want spears back. So not putting them is a slap in the face to me. So I don't see them not putting them as usable.

You can know, you just can't say/tell anyone. Officially they never said spears were in...