When I first started playing Sea of Thieves I was digging up my first chest and then heard the sound of something coming upon me. Still digging, I spot skeletal toes and get hit. Trusting in my trusty sailor shovel and I go to whack the skeleton, only to find out it's only for digging. After death ensued, I used the sword to dispatch said skeleton. Back then, and to this day I would like to see the shovel turned into a weapon of mass whacking.
Suggestion: Shovel as a weapon
@robby0316 definitly no. Double gunning needs have the disadvantage of not having a block or sidejump.
A shovel would not block a sharp sword anyway, it would get destroyed after few smashes.What the shovel could do though is: only little dps, but with a small stun, say like 0.5 - 1 sec. Ofc it needs to be slower then that with the hits, to avoid perma stuns. More like a heave mace for attacking: Slow, not much dps, but a stun (or maybe a knockback, something in that manner).
Weaponizing the shovel would be a nice little QoL improvement for those times when you just wanna dig but the pesky skellies don’t want you to have the loot. Low damage, maybe knock back but no lunge, block, or stun, just something to avoid having to keep switching between items.
And as to the “slippery slope” argument, shovels have a long and storied history (in fiction at least) as murder weapons, unlike bananas or planks.
@sn0kanon said:
And as to the “slippery slope” argument, shovels have a long and storied history (in fiction at least) as murder weapons, unlike bananas or planks.
The only reason bananas and planks don't have a long and storied history as murder weapons is due to their use in animated cartoons and movies - cartoons are often resistant to death, especially from bananas, and planks aren't considered hard enough to be lethal in Hollywood, as they're typically meant to break instead.
The only exception that I can think of is the O'Doyle family - their reign was short-lived.
@galactic-geek Hmm, you have a point, and in keeping with SoT’s cartoonish pirate art style, maybe we should have anvils, rakes, and sticks of TNT as weapons instead of swords and guns…
@goldsmen said in Suggestion: Shovel as a weapon:
I always like the idea to be able to hit r and put your shovel into combat stance, so you can smack up what ever is in your way with a loud "KLONG" sound. Im sure it wouldnt do much damage, but for just the sake of chasing some one around with a shovel, i would love it!
See that's what I'm talking about. And of course, as another commentor said, it would be fun to chase players around and just get that resounding "KLONG!"
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