Guild Wars 2

Daerian.6523:

Sartharina.3542:

Have you never heard of the Irish Shillelagh? Or even a Quarterstaff? You can really kitten someone up fighting with a staff. Daredevil’s staff was great. Spears are nothing more than a staff with a blade on the end, and the blade is completely optional to ruining someone’s day, simply from the physical force magnified over the weapon’s length and focused on the tip.

Or Bo staffs. There is a reason they are parts of most eastern martial arts training.

The English loved their staves as well. A staff is a good self defense weapon. Still, a staff to a spear is what a club is to a sword. A much cheaper, but inferior alternative.

Not exactly. Staff fighting is different than spear fighting. I wouldn’t call staff inferior to spear, it’s different beast with different target.