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Swap Lunge to the "secondary action" instead.

Adjust the 'Lunge' enchantment to replace the 'secondary attack' instead of replacing the 'primary attack' (jab). As it stands right now, the lunge enchantment does not benefit the user much for the secondary attack, all momentum is lost by the time a Jousting attack could be made; and replacing the jab attack seems to cause the spear to lose a large part of what should make the spear great. Causing the 'lunge' enchantment to replace the 'jousting' attack will allow for the lunge enchantment to combo with it's primary attack, the jab. It would create a different playstyle that leans into the spear's quick acting and ranged attack, as opposed to just focusing on jousting.
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    With the latest change to the lunge enchantment in this last update, it would make even more sense to swap this action. Now if a player uses a spear with lunge, they are throwing themselves into a fight right up onto the opponent with no more viable options other than to try and run away with it or to swap to a more close range weapon.

    As it is right now, why would you want to use a spear with lunge knowing you'll need multiple weapons to make it work? It will cause people to either need to pick up more weapons on them, adding to inventory clutter; or they'll just not use the spear in the first place.

    If lunge replaced the charge attack, you could use the normal jab attack, finish them off with the lunge, or do some variety of both. It would create a situation where you would want two different kinds of spears: ones intended to be used for jousting and ones effectively used on foot. 

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    Rather than "replace" the charge attack outright, the lunge attack could simply replace the charge attack while on foot, allowing for it on horseback or with an elytra, where it would be and is the most effective use for it. As it is, when on foot the charge attack acts as a sort of static defense, which is fine and can be useful. The Lunge attack on foot would be a more aggressive playstyle, where the spear is more dynamic. This way we would get the best of both worlds, and the only difference in playstyle to choose would be a more defensive one or offensive one, rather than cutting off a major mechanic entirely.

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    I've been able to lunge and couch in one action a few times. This is an immensely satisfying combo. Problem is it that it seems impossible to pull of consistently. 

    If the "lunge" enchant turned the unmounted couch into a lunge that also couches the weapon, it could replicate this satisfying combo and pull-off the distance judging aspect the unmounted spear seems to want to have. Quick jabs to attack at range, and then lunge for a killing blow.

    Of course, a trivial lunge-into-couch combo shouldn't deal 33 hearts of damage. And at that point I would like to recommend buffing the jab very mildly. :P