Comment on Though Bat'leths are way cooler than guns.

• famousringo@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I always figured the block and struggle maneuver was the whole point. Like arm wrestling except the loser gets his eye poked out.

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  • ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• chaogomu@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It will hurt the user more, yes.

  It's a bad weapon design.

  The guy who designed it for Worf in TNG, was inspired by a Chinese single-handed weapon. That weapon was not widely used because it wasn't actually that good.

  Still, the deer horn knives are theoretically a sound choice for a weapon, provided your goal is to disable the opponents while likely getting skewered from range.

  The Bat'leth is just a useless hunk of metal.

  It was designed to be showy and look interesting on camera, not as a practical weapon, and it really does fail as a practical weapon.

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  • ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agreed to a point. Klingons are a proud people. Any petaQ can pull a dirsuptor or transport you into space (O’Brien looking around suspiciously), but a true warrior will triumph even with a ridiculous handicap. “A fucking pencil!”

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    • chaogomu@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I do understand the drive for hand to hand combat. That's how I'm rating it. And even compared to other kligon weapons, the Bat'leth is just bad.

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