Talk:War/@comment-77.175.135.192-20151209191013/@comment-66.205.120.204-20151210031638

Me again, "technically" Sahfiel.

Forgot to mention, there is at least one major drawback in such a design. The primary drawback is that although its weight could allow it to have enough pressure to drive the spikes into the enemy and the tenno may have enough strength to then pull it out so the enemy would bleed  (otherwise it would be pretty pointless to stab them), the arc which you swing a blade such as this would be very limited due to the fact that it is a huge weapon and nails tend to go into something much easier from one direction. Therefore, they would need some way around this problem. Perhaps the "nails on the end of the blade" could have sensors attached which point it toward the enemy so that when it hits it would be at the perfect angle for maximum damage? If it senses dynamically which angle it needs to be at for the impact to cause them to puncture the deepest with the least amount of force required and then they aqdjust their angle.. almost like hair does when you get goosebumps... that could work. Then, we would need a reason for even going through all this. Maybe the nails stick in the opponent for a little while and secrete poison into their bloodstream? Maybe they are like little rockets that explode after a few moments and shoot out of their wound (if you leave a knife or something in, it isn't as bad as if you take it out) to other nearby enemies. I am pretty much picturing pyramid head with a more sinister weapon here.