Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27690961-20160129045732

I have had this idea for a while now, idk what to call the weapon but it is basically a long sword (shorter than the normal LS but longer than say a sword and shield) combined with an axe. it is sheathed horizontaly (like the sword and shield) and can be imediatly switched into axe mode with a simple button combination.

Physics: you start off in sword form and it attacks similar to a LS only a little faster dealing multiple cutting damage hits (less powerful than first hit the effect would look something like a gunners slicing shots), doing this charges the guage that would be in the top right corner and this is the main point of this weapon. When the gauge gets past the marked line, (as seen in the image: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2en4y8m&s=9#.Vqmd_pMrLBV  its not very good im no artist )  you can power your axe up. (probably by pressing R+A) When you do this your axe now has different attacks and swings a good deal faster than it did before (to make this weapon less over powered if it even seems that way it swings slower than SA axe unless charged but it does SA great sword damage).

This power up has a limited time obviously, the guage slowly depletes (about the same speed as LS guages depletion, not the charge level of the LS just the guage itself)Note, the guage only depletes once you lock in the charge. This weapon also would have an attack similar to the spirit slash only it attacks faster and more rapid but dosent do as much damage (Note, instead of depleting the guage it increases it more than a normal attack would and can be directly linked into powering your axe up the combo would probably go R->R->R->R->R->R->R+A) the weapon is sheathed after the combo is finished which alows you to charge it (becuase the sword needs to be in the axe in order to charge, Note that you cant charge it while its sheathed i mean that after the spirit combo or whatever its called is done before the whole sheath frame is finished you can press R+A to power the axe and even pull it out after).Note: this would not deplete the guage it woulde increase it faster than normal attacks, however it doesent do more damage than regular attacks.

Hunting arts (if they ever put them in another game)

1. some sort of over charge: if you have a full guage you over charge your axe so that the guage dosent deplete for a short time(it consumes the whole guage) HOWEVER if you fill the guage again then press the hunting art button while in axe mode you will slam the axe down causing an explotion (similar to the SA explotion) that luanches the hunter into the air, then you come spining down like a buzzsaw doint mounting hits until you hit the ground.

i cant think of any other arts but if you guys do please let me know  