| No idea why no Spear. It's a very limited weapon. Great for range but it can become snared very easy (which would be really bad if you had group fights) as well as the shaft being a good target for grappling. Also once it's parried it leaves you wide open unless you have multiple weapons (duel wield).
I like the idea of having the weapons/armor be controlled by the arena as opposed to the players. Such as you specify what you want in a weapon and they supply it. Cuts off cheating.
#1 thing to consider is the highest paid people in the arena are not the commentators and such, but the controllers of the weaponry. Last thing you'd want is people 'donating' to have things rigged. X-Ray all weapons/armor before entering the ring.
And I'm using this thread because yours was just poorly thought out Vatoreus, sorry~ |