What if there was a new use of Strength other than max hits?

They assigned a new wielding method, similar to attack levels and the types, but adding Strength levels into effect as well?

I just thought about this and sorry if it's been suggested before, but you can lock this if it has.

I was just thinking since attack levels are needed to wield bronze, iron, steel, mith, addy, rune, dragon, barrows, etc. What about strength levels?
Would it be too much interference to other things like attack pures, and members special items?

I just see it as a parallel system to attack levels, but with the different weapons we have: sword, longsword, scimitar, battleaxe etc.
Maybe it would be something like this:
Bronze - sword, axe, dagger, pick - Str lvl 1
scimitar and longsword - Str lvl 2
mace - Str level 3
battleaxe - Str lvl 5
2hander and war hammer - level 8

and repeat, like after the attack requirement just add to those levels
so mithril would be
sword, axe, dagger, pick - Str level 20
scimitar and longsword - Str level 22
mace - Str level 23
battleaxe - Str lvl 25
2hander and warhammer - Str level 28


I know it's a bit confusing, but I judged/estimated the strength levels according to how heavy the weapon would be if I were to judge it based on looks and amount of metal on it.
It could always be changed to become the same format as the smithing levels it takes to make the weapons, but I thought it'd be illogical to have more strength to wield a battleaxe than a warhammer imho


I know this idea probably wouldn't get accepted and implemented into the game but I'm just sharing my thoughts and wondering:

What do you think would happen if this was actually IN the game?
(Besides screwing up all the pking and a total mess with the variety of weapons in members world- granite mauls and the other stuff I have no idea what they are )

Umm, I'm not entirely sure what it would do other than mess up pures, because, typically, people should be training semi-equally until 60,60,60 anyway.

One thing I think would be cool with another use for stength is one-handed two-handers. Like when you get your strength really high you can start wielding two-handers with one hand and have a shield in the other (Like Vannaka)

It could be like :
20 str - bronze
30 - iron
40- steel
50- black
60 - mith
70 - addy
80 - rune
90 - dragon

actually i thingk that strength, not attack, should determine which weaposn you wield...

strength would be in charge of substance, the heavier the more strength required. whereas attack would just be how often you hit with any weapon. sort of like switching the roles completely.

well attack would determine what higher numbers you hit. this would mess up pures majorly.

That's the freakin' beauty of it!

I agree that heavy weapons like 2-Handed Swords should have a strength requirement.

Some weapons do have a requirement already.

ya i know, id be happy.

Tho it would be good to be able to carry 2hed wepons in 1h at a certain lvl[/quote]

well this is just hypthetical...but wouldn't it be funny if they actually did this?