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Could the Buster Sword be used in combat?

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  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person

    Now I'm thinking of the Man vs Food episode where a the guy ate a burrito approximately the size of the Buster Sword. I think I'm going to be sick. 

  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    ^In like 2 minutes too. Seriously, give that guy a show.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    Ugh, I don't get how people can do that. I'm stuffed after a single quarter pounder.

  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.

    Uh... Your opinion on Berserk, Alex?

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    A mighty tale, squire. 

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    In fairness, something that massive doesn't need to be that sharp to cause severe injury.



    A point to note: The early design of the Buster Sword was, basically, a giant hunk of metal. I believe Nomura referred to it as the "Giant Kitchen Knife".


  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    I can't get through Beserk. The art is pretty but Guts is too boring a character.


    I'm really digging the Claymore manga so far. It has a really good flow for the action sequences, which is good since most chapters tend to be at least half action.


    Also hot girls with swords fuck yeah.

  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.

    At that, I'm pretty convinced you didn't even read very far. But oh well.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.

    It should actually be pointed out that, in-game, a nail bat is a more effective weapon than the buster sword. :P

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    And yet, Cloud uses the Buster Sword over the nail bat in every scripted sequence.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.

    Well, not like Cloud is known for being a genius.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    All that bleach in his hair must be affecting his brain.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star

    Saig: So they even point out in game that the Buster Sword would actually suck ass? *Has never played FFVII*

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    No.


    The Buster Sword is the weakest sword in the game because it only has 18 Attack and two linked Materia slots. The Nail Bat, meanwhile, has 70 Attack, although it has no Materia slots.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    The Boston Basher Nail Bat is the most powerful of Cloud's weapons but just has no materia slots, right?

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Hell no.


    Apocalypse has +43 Magic, +16 Spirit, 88 Attack, and three unlinked Materia slots.


    Heaven's Cloud has +31 Magic, 93 attack, and six unlinked Materia slots.


    Ragnarok has +43 Magic, +35 Spirit, 97 Attack, and three sets of two linked Materia slots.


    Ultima Weapon has +51 Magic, +35 Spirit, 100 Attack, and four sets of two linked Materia slots (it does damage based on HP).

  • BeeBee

    Almost all of them are swords of relatively similar proportions, so we might as well call the Buster Sword a class of weapon rather than a specimen.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Nah. The Buster Sword is a specific weapon. I think it's also a broadsword.


    Well, it's broad, and a sword? I think it's appropriate.

  • BeeBee

    Calling it a broad sword is kind of like calling the sun hot.

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Broadsword:



    Not a broadsword:





  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    You know, looking at the Buster Sword again...wouldn't those holes make its balance problems worse?

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Broadsword:



    What a misnomer. :|


    Broadswords are forever tainted now.



    You know, looking at the Buster Sword again...wouldn't those holes make its balance problems worse?



    Not if you're just swinging it at your enemy. If you were doing anything fancy with it, yeah, but it doesn't prevent you just chopping down.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Well, as I understand it, it would increase the amount of energy needed to hold/swing it.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Which, as has been established, isn't particularly a problem for the people who used it.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    True.


    Still. They serve a negative function. Bad design >:-|

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    I don't think that function was a particular issue when it was designed for Angeal. It's not like he ever wanted to use it anyway.

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    What a misnomer. :|


    Broadswords are forever tainted now.



    Short history lesson:


    The term "broadsword" only entered common use in the Early Modern period. During this period, there were three main kinds of swords: the broadsword, the sabre and the rapier. The broadsword was so named because it was similar to a rapier in that it had a straight blade and a complex, single-handed hilt, but its blade was much wider, all the better to cut through the thick battlefield leathers of the time. 

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    What kind of sword is Chrono Trigger's Masamune?

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    The term "broadsword" only entered common use in the Early Modern period. During this period, there were three main kinds of swords: the broadsword, the sabre and the rapier. The broadsword was so named because it was similar to a rapier in that it had a straight blade and a complex, single-handed hilt, but its blade was much wider, all the better to cut through the thick battlefield leathers of the time. 



    Why is it not called a broadrapier then. :|

  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2012-11-19 02:52:04

    ^^ Why on Earth would they rename a sword called Grandleon to Masamune?  It's clearly not a Japanese sword, so... yeah.

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