Having Only four weapon options is pretty boring for a game that suppose to encourage player uniqueness.
80% of people running a Cutlass and Blunderbuss is kinda sad.
But because most pvp fights happen on boats and your on the losing end of the fight if you don't have these on your person.
While the Blunderbuss in itself requires is a greatest CQC so far in the gun category(until hopefully it gets nerfed to not oneshot)
At least there other options of guns to pick from for those who wish. But when your out of bullets your only left with the Cutlass that is all you have for melees sadly.
So here is an Idea of a weapon that would fit well in SoT
Dagger/"Short Sword" to Cutlass : Damage,Speed,Combo,Reach
The way this weapon would work is that it would'nt hit as hard as the Cutlass per hit but would swing faster than it. A Cutlass can land three hits in a row, but this "Short Sword" can land a five hit combo which would be faster than the Cutlasses 3 combo but would only have half the range compared to the Cutlass making it that you have to get close to land all 5 hits
To give details on the damage The Cutlass takes about 5 hits to kill a player but this "Short Sword" would have to land 7 hits to kill its target but compared to the Cutlass (3secs) the "Short Sword"(2.5sec) would kill faster if all attacks hits(so in the long run you can kill anything waay faster compared to the Cutlass)
Dash
Instead of a blocking you can dash with this weapon(dashing would be the same maneuver you would do when you block and jump with backward or side ways the Cutlass but it would be instant and you could it three times in a row. Making it very mobile and helping the user make some distance. (Con: when you dash for the third time you get tired like you would if you missed your charged attack for the Cutlass)
Counters for the Dagger/"Short Sword"
If a player with Cutlass blocks an attack from a player using a Dagger he becomes stun for 1 sec.
This Dagger/"Short Sword" idea would be more of an assassins tool to deal a lot of damage fast before they could react and get a quick kill , but could easily be stopped by someone who can block making the a one on one fight one-sided unless they pull out guns.
I hope a Dev sees this because this game is amazing but not much going for it in soo many aspects. I hope my weapon idea can be in the game or something like it . This game needs more options to choose from, for us to truly be a unique pirate.
