I'm definitely curious to see what kind of roles Spears and Machetes fall into.
Well, besides the obvious defensive/aggressive.
Thematically they both look like medium-heavy weapons to me.
Spears closer to heavy and machete closer to light.
I dunno much about hammer builds, but maybe some of them could use a spear situationally.
I'd imagine that the defensive buff from spears work the best for characters that can afford to take a lot of fire.
35% isn't exactly reliable by itself, but I'd imagine that some of the spear feats involve defense, too.
Then again a dodge build using a spear could be fun to see.
A machete build will almost certainly use both STR and DEX.
At least 6 DEX for Cheap Shots, but I'd be surprised if some of the new machete feats didn't need DEX, too.
Looks like a very crit-focused weapon, and DEX gives 1% crit chance per point to melee weapons.
I guess 16 STR, 3 DEX would make some sense from the point of a madman waving a sharp object around, but looking at how Cleaver and Kukri are both light weapons in Underrail I feel like machetes shouldn't be THAT far off.
Granted, machetes in Underrail seem to be sword-sized rather than big knives.
I wonder if Machetes will find a use in knife builds, or if they will simply need too much STR and not benefit enough from DEX.
Might even be interesting to see a build using both spears and machetes.
Machetes on offense, spears on defense.
