Spears can be avoided. One of the best techniques of beating a spearmen is to have a free hand (or even two). When he tries to stab you, you grab the spear. I've played with weapons (steel, full size, fast), and this is easily the best way of dealing with someone if you don't have a spear yourself. Or just move in fast. They can't move as fast backwards away from you, as you can move in to them.
Spears give range, which is a good thing, and by no means do I mean that they should be a bad thing. I think weapons such as these should boost striking ability. So perhaps a spear boosts it by 1 or 2, a sword by 3 perhaps. So that using a weapon, with hands that are already made to slash hard and fast, gives a bonus. Creatures that previously had no real attacking ability, shouldn't suddenly be equally as damaging simply because they have spears too. Basically I really don't want to see the natural abilities make an exit from the game, or for them to suddenly become more or less useless.
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