User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Lances/@comment-1712810-20120611091340

One of my very best hunting partners, Shiro, uses this weapon, and he does so with the grace of a knight. Doesn't even abuse the counter strike in Tri, rather he plays it like he did back in the first game - like a boss! Whenever Shiro takes up his lance and joins me for a quest, my confidence is raised 200%.

That said, my respect for this weapon is quite high.