My friend, have you used a greatsword before? Because if you swung one around for a while, you would see how wrong you are.
First of all, using a greatsword with a single hand is ridiculous. While it is possible, it is stupid. Not only would it be difficult, you would barely generate the power that makes greatswords so great.
And second, various cultures have used greatswords very differently. Italians, englishmen, germans, spaniards, and nordic men all would argue on how to use a greatsword. For some, it is about finesse, and using it more for counterattacking and exploiting your reach and mobility to engage your enemies. For others, it is about using the raw potential power a greatsword has. Many of times, the most power comes from swinging it around as hard as you can and fast as you can. What the greatsword lacks in defense, it makes up in offence.
So please, drop the greatsword expert charade you got here.
EDIT I just want to mention that I'm not trying to ridicule the mod author or the mod itself. This is a fantasy game and if you want your adventurer to be a strong as s#*! warrior who has the ability to swing a greatsword with one arm, that's fine. I just want to point out the ignorance of the person I am replying to.
In one hand? I'd like to see any human being of any size and strength from any time period in all human history and prehistory fight effectively with a 2 to 3kg+ greatsword in one hand. Swords meant for battle exceeding 3kg are exceedingly rare due to impracticality. Also lifting a 3kg object and swordfighting with one are two very different things.
Even if it could be done, it could never possibly be more effective than using it in two hands. If one were so fit as to wield a greatsword in such a manner, using it the way it's intended would be doubly effective. The advantages of a greatsword IRL over one-handers and smaller two-handers are the increased reach and leverage. Possible exceptions for single-hand use are some (few) thrusting techniques and when on horseback (also rare).
With all that said, the vanilla two-handed animations are not realistic either. In one hand, they are just worst. In case I misunderstood anything, this is about one-handed greatsword use. In two hands, greatswords are indeed effective and practical weapons.
P.S. - As Arctic said, this is not to ridicule the mod author or mod itself. Fantasy fiction is just that but do not confuse it with reality.
Here's some advice! I'm using battle axe but this mod also work. all u have to do is just change file name. just change all '2hm' to '2hw' Ex/ 2hm_attackpower.hkx => 2hw_attackpower.hkx
Awesome. Seems like you're done working on this though. My only complaint is that I would have liked to see this mod become modular, meaning that users can pick and choose which animations to replace. Me, for example, I love everything but the sprint stance and attacks. But oh well. Still a great mod, I'll download it just so I can endorse it.
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Cheers for the fix.
My friend, have you used a greatsword before? Because if you swung one around for a while, you would see how wrong you are.
First of all, using a greatsword with a single hand is ridiculous. While it is possible, it is stupid. Not only would it be difficult, you would barely generate the power that makes greatswords so great.
And second, various cultures have used greatswords very differently. Italians, englishmen, germans, spaniards, and nordic men all would argue on how to use a greatsword. For some, it is about finesse, and using it more for counterattacking and exploiting your reach and mobility to engage your enemies. For others, it is about using the raw potential power a greatsword has. Many of times, the most power comes from swinging it around as hard as you can and fast as you can. What the greatsword lacks in defense, it makes up in offence.
So please, drop the greatsword expert charade you got here.
EDIT
I just want to mention that I'm not trying to ridicule the mod author or the mod itself. This is a fantasy game and if you want your adventurer to be a strong as s#*! warrior who has the ability to swing a greatsword with one arm, that's fine. I just want to point out the ignorance of the person I am replying to.
Even if it could be done, it could never possibly be more effective than using it in two hands. If one were so fit as to wield a greatsword in such a manner, using it the way it's intended would be doubly effective. The advantages of a greatsword IRL over one-handers and smaller two-handers are the increased reach and leverage. Possible exceptions for single-hand use are some (few) thrusting techniques and when on horseback (also rare).
With all that said, the vanilla two-handed animations are not realistic either. In one hand, they are just worst. In case I misunderstood anything, this is about one-handed greatsword use. In two hands, greatswords are indeed effective and practical weapons.
P.S. - As Arctic said, this is not to ridicule the mod author or mod itself. Fantasy fiction is just that but do not confuse it with reality.
Yes I said beat instead of cleave, look at the size of their swords in Twilight Princess.
just change all '2hm' to '2hw'
Ex/ 2hm_attackpower.hkx
=> 2hw_attackpower.hkx
enjoy