Originally posted by Angrybeard:

I think they haven't done it yet for 2 reasons mainly:
1. It would take a lot of time and effort to develop and balance out.
2. Some weapons, like spears, would become obsolete (again balance issue).

1. Time which they have already had a lot of. I know game development isn't easy but this has been an issue since the very first version of the game came out.
2. Spears already are in need of rebalancing because outside of the throw attack they are quite bad.

Originally posted by coolAlias:

Why would spears become obsolete? Being able to do the standard attack on slopes would be amazing (just as it would with the other melee weapons), and they still have a ranged attack option that works great in all kinds of situations, such as killing leeches without expending arrows or snagging that parry-crit on an enemy that got knocked back too far for a standard attack. I love spears, and I'd love them more if I could aim the melee attack, too! :D

I have a newfound appreciation for spears recently but damn the primary attack needs a buff. The attack range is barely longer than the knife which seems to defeat the entire purpose of it being a long stabby weapon. Give it an underhand stabbing attack similar to the aetgir and give the aetgir a bit more of a slashing primary (a downwards cleave combo maybe) and everything will fall into place. The spear can fulfill it's purpose as the pierce weapon and the big hewing polearm as the long range chopping weapon.