Spear weapons?

I really like spear weapons, they're great! The reach they give and the high damage is great. But they're not flexible at all. It only works well if you're on flat ground, and the inability to hit enemies up or down really hurts anybody who uses it.

I think that you should be able to stab the spear diagonally up or down based on your cursor, which adds a lot of flexibility to the weapon, while still keeping the "straight line" damage arc it has.

Thoughts? Should this be added to the game, or keep it the way it is?

 

A bit like in Terraria? Yeah, I can get behind that.

 

I was watching OmnipotentEntity code on twitch last night and while he was coding he kept jumping into the game and messing with a spear and he was using it diagonal and stuff so i think its something that will come sometime later.

 

Personally I think the spear should just be 360" just like ranged weapons. The "sideways only" attack feels odd. Give them a lower attack speed or damage value in exchange of the added range for all I care.

 

I would like all weapons to work like this. Why would i not be able to swing my sword at an angle?