Kwahder said: DAZ0273 said: SolidusMox said: Blade of Regret = Black Knight? This is a pretty solid guess as the Ebony blade is cursed. The only reason I would say it isn’t the Black Knight is that he’s a major character in the Eternals movie - surely, they would want to tie in with its release?Hey, they had Conan the Barbarian join the Avengers in the comics; maybe he’s coming to MPQ?
DAZ0273 said: SolidusMox said: Blade of Regret = Black Knight? This is a pretty solid guess as the Ebony blade is cursed.
SolidusMox said: Blade of Regret = Black Knight?
Sithforever said: Guillotine as a 5 would be funny
JHawkInc said: Guillotine was a character created for Contest of Champions, a different Marvel mobile game.
helix72 said: Watched a video titled "Top 10 Marvel Swordsmen" on Marvel.com:10) Magik9) Wolverine8) Sif7) Blade6) Swordsman5) Taskmaster4) Gamora3) Black Knight2) Valkyrie1) DeadpoolGuessing this is a 5*? We have 2 Hulks so I can't rule out a 2nd Wolverine. Likely not Taskmaster given his status as a limited. Angela had a sword too if memory serves but she didn't make Marvel's top 10.BTW Marvel, I think the politically correct term is "Swordspersons".
bluewolf said: I posted this in bugs as well, but the health bar doesn't show burst healing as green after updating to R208.
Mr_F said: helix72 said: Watched a video titled "Top 10 Marvel Swordsmen" on Marvel.com:10) Magik9) Wolverine8) Sif7) Blade6) Swordsman5) Taskmaster4) Gamora3) Black Knight2) Valkyrie1) DeadpoolGuessing this is a 5*? We have 2 Hulks so I can't rule out a 2nd Wolverine. Likely not Taskmaster given his status as a limited. Angela had a sword too if memory serves but she didn't make Marvel's top 10.BTW Marvel, I think the politically correct term is "Swordspersons". And here we go, the English nomenclature problem with edged weapons. *deep breath*The problem with top 10 whatever is usually that they are often pretty wrong or subjective. Like in this case, it should be called "Top 10 Marvel FENCERS" or better "BLADE USERS" not "SWORDSMEN" as the latter is based on wrong assumption that all long-bladed weapons are swords/can be called swords. Its common mistake in languages, especially English, when a word (here "sword") can be technically (from language persperctive) used as a synomim for "all blade weapons" and yet at the same time it is a subcategory of those. The better (like less confusing) is Polish terminology. There exist a word "kord" (pronunciaton as eng. "cord") as a "use it to name every bladed weapon" but is not used very often and polish distiguish bladed weapon into categories like swords, sabres, knives and daggers most of the time. Even though, the main category is not named "kordy" (the plurar form... I skip pronunciation as I lack skill to do it correctly hear) but "edged weapons". Taking that into consideration Magik, Sif, Blade (not sure), Swordsman, Taskmaster, Gamora, Black Knight and Valkyrie use SWORDS (straight, double edged blade) while Wolverine, Blade (not sure) and Deadpool use SABRES (curved, one edged blade*) and comparing them is wrong. The way of using them (swords and sabres) differs, mostly because, generaly speaking, sabres excels in CUTTING and are poor with PIERCING while swords are mediocre in both. Yes, they are more a like in many ways but you can not, for example, use half-swording techniques with sabres or left-right swings without turning the blade 180 degrees (i mean take a kitchen knife and swing it horizontally left-right: one hit would be with blade's edge and second with back. without turing it 180 degrees there would be one, virtually pointless/harmless hit). On the other hand, you can cuts from sabres are longer and deeper and therefore for dangerous.If you compare, using RPG way of skill measure to show what I have in mind, a level 10 sword user who was forced to use sabre against a level 10 sabre user is most likely going to lose. Same a level 10 saber user using sword against level 10 sword user. Of course a level 10 sword user with a sword vs. level 10 saber user with a sabre is another story.*katana is technically a sabre.
PiMacleod said:I'll never argue with you regarding the points you established. I just blindly accept that games seem to simplify bladed-weapon terms and usages because "pointy/slicey thingy hurts the bad guy" is easier for everyone to digest.
PiMacleod said: Mr_F said: helix72 said: Watched a video titled "Top 10 Marvel Swordsmen" on Marvel.com:10) Magik9) Wolverine8) Sif7) Blade6) Swordsman5) Taskmaster4) Gamora3) Black Knight2) Valkyrie1) DeadpoolGuessing this is a 5*? We have 2 Hulks so I can't rule out a 2nd Wolverine. Likely not Taskmaster given his status as a limited. Angela had a sword too if memory serves but she didn't make Marvel's top 10.BTW Marvel, I think the politically correct term is "Swordspersons". And here we go, the English nomenclature problem with edged weapons. *deep breath*The problem with top 10 whatever is usually that they are often pretty wrong or subjective. Like in this case, it should be called "Top 10 Marvel FENCERS" or better "BLADE USERS" not "SWORDSMEN" as the latter is based on wrong assumption that all long-bladed weapons are swords/can be called swords. Its common mistake in languages, especially English, when a word (here "sword") can be technically (from language persperctive) used as a synomim for "all blade weapons" and yet at the same time it is a subcategory of those. The better (like less confusing) is Polish terminology. There exist a word "kord" (pronunciaton as eng. "cord") as a "use it to name every bladed weapon" but is not used very often and polish distiguish bladed weapon into categories like swords, sabres, knives and daggers most of the time. Even though, the main category is not named "kordy" (the plurar form... I skip pronunciation as I lack skill to do it correctly hear) but "edged weapons". Taking that into consideration Magik, Sif, Blade (not sure), Swordsman, Taskmaster, Gamora, Black Knight and Valkyrie use SWORDS (straight, double edged blade) while Wolverine, Blade (not sure) and Deadpool use SABRES (curved, one edged blade*) and comparing them is wrong. The way of using them (swords and sabres) differs, mostly because, generaly speaking, sabres excels in CUTTING and are poor with PIERCING while swords are mediocre in both. Yes, they are more a like in many ways but you can not, for example, use half-swording techniques with sabres or left-right swings without turning the blade 180 degrees (i mean take a kitchen knife and swing it horizontally left-right: one hit would be with blade's edge and second with back. without turing it 180 degrees there would be one, virtually pointless/harmless hit). On the other hand, you can cuts from sabres are longer and deeper and therefore for dangerous.If you compare, using RPG way of skill measure to show what I have in mind, a level 10 sword user who was forced to use sabre against a level 10 sabre user is most likely going to lose. Same a level 10 saber user using sword against level 10 sword user. Of course a level 10 sword user with a sword vs. level 10 saber user with a sabre is another story.*katana is technically a sabre. I appreciate the details on different long-bladed weaponry... I'm an old-hand at fencing, myself, so I understand what you're stating.However, we all know how video games treat swords. Diablo-game-monster drops a scimitar. Your barbarian just replaces his claymore with it, and swings it just the same, with no thought, because it's just a "sword".I'll never argue with you regarding the points you established. I just blindly accept that games seem to simplify bladed-weapon terms and usages because "pointy/slicey thingy hurts the bad guy" is easier for everyone to digest.
Bad said: PiMacleod said:I'll never argue with you regarding the points you established. I just blindly accept that games seem to simplify bladed-weapon terms and usages because "pointy/slicey thingy hurts the bad guy" is easier for everyone to digest. In fact realistic martial arts knowledege is always used on japanese comics more than american ones.Even on bare hands, superheroes rarely do efective boxing punches but rather inefective giant swings ( if you ever try to hit a guy with a double handed smash ala thing or hulk, you will realize you will be the one more hurt).At least on mcu they improved battle coreographies.Like captain america who uses a mixture of army martial arts looking really cool.
Waddles_Pines said: Since Sword of X was guessed already, I'll go with Knull. Anti-Venom is a symbiote, so why not the God of symbiotes, who is going to be the focus of the next big Marvel event after Empyre... And he also wields a sword, though I don't know if it has a name...
ThaRoadWarrior said: At least in American english, "sword" is an overarching term that includes specific sub-categories like Sabres/Falchions/Rapiers etc in the same way that "Gun" encompasses "pistols/rifles/shotguns/etc." Knives would encompass anything shorter than a Shortsword, and even those are going to have subcategories, I guess based on blade length/pattern. The term "Blade" would encompass all those categories. I would comfortably use the term Sword to describe a longsword, a claymore, a shortsword, or a rapier because it's the more generic term here.I wouldn't include Wolverine in a list of "swordsmen" based on his claws, I would assume it was due to his time spent fighting ninjas with a Katana back in the 80s: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/blackblademuramasa.htm
ThaRoadWarrior said: While the syntax of what is, and is not, a sword isn't necessarily the hill I want to die on, it is my belief that this discussion is devolved into translation error. In English, sword is the catch-all for long bladed weapons (would not eoncompass polearms) rather than referring to a specific pattern of bladed weapon, and indeed the term Longsword refers to Zweihanders (2 handed hilts) as well as single hand/hand-and-a-half "bastard" swords - it appears that it encompasses what @Mr_F is saying is just "sword." It's a sub-category. https://medievalbritain.com/type/medieval-life/weapons/medieval-longsword/Scholarly literature on the subject clearly identifies the long, straight swords out of Europe as "longswords" with various subcategories.https://www.ejmas.com/jwma/articles/2002/jwmaart_cvet_0102.htmAnyway, I'll leave you to it from here. My vote for most regrettable sword remains Shatterstar, and if it's him, I super hope he comes in looking full on like Rob Liefeld's Axle Rose-in-Wrestling-Headgear design.