It is not just about sword fighting. It is about wearing armor and shields, and running, marching, and fighting for hours during battles. It is all very different from modern firefights.
Great, another speculation thread! Could we please stop making these until we see what's actually in the game please? This is getting tiring! :sleeping:
Great, another speculation thread! Could we please stop making these until we see what's actually in the game please? This is getting tiring! :sleeping:
To think about it the old woman in Loredo's house is the only woman that Geralt ever kills in the games.
I would assume CDPR has discretion towards women getting slain by Geralt.
Mutant Rayla. Queen of the Night and her employees (a vampire woman is still a woman). Adda (in striga form). Can't remember if Toruviel was directly killable or not, but you definitely get her killed by siding with the Order. You could also mow down Bruxa, Alps, and Noonwraiths to your heart's content and slaughter any townsperson outdoors after or near dark in the first game if you wanted to ( but you do end up with a bounty hunter after you).
Then there is the Succubus (she's an intelligent being, so it counts) and Sile in the second game (refusing to save her is still killing her. It's just less exertion than using a sword). Oh, and don't forget Saskia.
ETA: Oh yeah: Malena and Cynthia.
I should have been more clearMutant Rayla. Queen of the Night and her employees (a vampire woman is still a woman). Adda (in striga form). Can't remember if Toruviel was directly killable or not, but you definitely get her killed by siding with the Order. You could also mow down Bruxa, Alps, and Noonwraiths to your heart's content and slaughter any townsperson outdoors after or near dark in the first game if you wanted to ( but you do end up with a bounty hunter after you).
Then there is the Succubus (she's an intelligent being, so it counts) and Sile in the second game (refusing to save her is still killing her. It's just less exertion than using a sword). Oh, and don't forget Saskia.
ETA: Oh yeah: Malena and Cynthia.
I thought women were generally not used as soldiers because it’s a pretty stupid idea in regards to the survival of one’s clan/city/nation. Men are generally more dispensable in the whole repopulating-one’s-citizens thing.Wouldn't be wise to take on these women in a battle to be settled by physical strength.
A still photo and a two-minute video are not really representative. Also, those bows are not what would’ve been used on most medieval battlefields. Those had a draw of 80 pounds and upwards.
I thought women were generally not used as soldiers because it’s a pretty stupid idea in regards to the survival of one’s clan/city/nation. Men are generally more dispensable in the whole repopulating-one’s-citizens thing.
See my edit. Should’ve waited twenty more seconds with your post
A still photo and a two-minute video are not really representative of the strenuousness of an archer’s job. Also, those bows are not what would’ve been used on most medieval battlefields. Those had a draw weight of 80 pounds and upwards.
I thought women were generally not used as soldiers because it’s a pretty stupid idea in regards to the survival of one’s clan/city/nation. Men are generally more dispensable in the whole repopulating-one’s-citizens thing.