Rusted Blade
[14] Master
You are applying way too much logic to SoulCalibur, it might crack at this point .
Like if a a 50 kg girl can blow someone's plate armor away with a pair of tiny tonfas, why would anyone ever need a 50 kg sword ?
I think a sensible rule must be that a weapon/style should look cool and if it was actually used historically under any kind of circumstances, that's a great plus. As fas as SC goes, those particular historical circumstance may or man not apply at all, after all we are talking about a series that treats armor as purely cosmetic, so some leaps of logic can't be helped.
Oh yeah, totally, I agree. But those ricossi still tickle me, since half-swording evolved as a counter-measure to developments in armor, which is a barrier nobody in SoulCalverse ever seems to need to concern themselves with, least of all Siegfried! Maybe it's for fighting the Colossus from SCIII? ;)