Originally posted by Azdel@May 1 2006, 01:15 PM
I think the major reason unarmed combat is so under-utilized in MMORPGs is that if you can become just as effective without a weapon as you can with one, it pretty much eliminates the point in having one at all, and the players with weapons feel cheated that they have to spend all that gold just to stand up to some guy who punches them in the face. Of course with the system HJ uses, there could easily be some sort of trade-off. For example, hand-to-hand fighting skills could be harder to level-up than weaponry, or they could do more damage with special attacks, but less with regular ones.