It still glitters like other loot through the mist. Just go into the direction you threw it and it shouldn't be too far away. Spears are for nearby enemies to engage or finish off though and for being dirty cheap and fast. If you wanna DPS on range, use the other 3 options.

Originally posted by Lil brekky:

Nothing personal against you, bacon - but if these convoluted solutions are necessary just to properly use in-game features, it's just another notch on the "iron gate doesn't know what they're doing" tally...

Yeah giving players options with possible downsides is always bad game design. That's why many games don't give any options that aren't solely animation based. Iron Gate choose to take another path.