Do the sword abilities piss anyone else off?
I feel like the Block Tales devs are focusing too much on the swords being mostly "deal damage and apply status effects" as their chapter-unlock gimmick despite the fact that in Paper Mario 64 (which is the game Block Tales is based on), the Star Spirits aren't that simple. Sure, the Ice Dagger mimicks Refresh, and Star Storm does exist, but Star Storm is literally the one Star Spirit ability that damages enemies when we have three swords that do that; Venomshank, Firebrand, and Windforce.
Why can't we have abilities that literally only give a unique status effect? The way we have it, the swords are just clones of each other. I mean, the Firebrand is just a stronger Venomshank, and that is literally two chapters apart!
My point is, Block Tales isn't being creative with the SFOTH swords.