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Increase spear jabs attack damage

The spear jab attack damage is extremly low , i think its actual advantages like the range is balanced with its low attack speed but its damage make it completely useless what is the point of having different weapons if the sword is gonna be the best option in the 99% of scenaries? , the use of spears is good under extreme specific situacions, i think the slower attack speed and the unability to attack if the target is too close is balance enough . in real life spears despite usually having less metal on its spearhead it does a lot of damage because of the way it is held  . nobody is gonna use the spear because it needs a horse to be useful , even under ultra specific situacions .  the critical hit of a netherite sword does 15 points of damage and is even better because it can attack A LOT faster than the spear , while the spear using the elytra with firework rockets do 40 points of damage , you d think that is a lot but remerber ull need to use a lot of resources to get to that point and even in that point the sword damage and dps is so high that you'd do more damage to your target just spamming crits with the netherite sword literally using a lot less resources and without elytra . even with horse with the maximum speed, the spear does does 17 points of damage, while a simple crit from a sword does 15 but A LOT faster , A LOT more DPS , and without needing horses .    

 

I really think the spear should be a viable weapon without the need of external help like horses,etc .

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• October 19, 2025 08:47
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  • October 19, 2025 17:30
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  The thing is that the spear doesn't need skill because of being able to just hold and being easier to aim than other weapons + you'll use it while moving fast so it's harder to hit you. Spears should be weaker with elytras but stronger in everything else.

  The jab is way too weak and the charge, while running or in a horse, is useless. It needs a buff for that but a nerf when you have really high speed. Maybe adding 1 or 2 damage to the jab and making it grow damage faster at first but slower the faster you go would fix this, making using it while on a horse way better but not having a big difference when used with an elytra? Idk

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  • October 21, 2025 01:33
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  I totally agree with this. To me, not being able to kill a cow in 2 hits with a diamond spear feels ridicule. In my opinion, they should increase the damage by 1 all across the board, but keep the charge attack damage the same. I'm not sure if the charge attack is scaled based on the basic jab attack damage, but i believe it is not the case, so it won't buff the charge at all.

  Also, i feel like the attack speed (unless they change the other weapons) is unnecessary. I would keep it the same despite the material and fix it to 0.8 or 0.9 . This will balance the slightly higher damage as well as the range.