I remember the gyroscopic weight stuff somewhat, but always sorta dismissed it since it felt like it was selectively used by authors and many of my favorites made little to no mention of it.

I completely get what you mean on that.

Personally, I wish it was more prevalent... I think the main reason it isn't, is that... its actually fairly difficult to write a description of ... what this would be like, and it is also difficult to depict this visually, both in still and moving images.

Again this I will freely admit is my preference/opinion, but yeah, I really wish they had actually gone a bit further into this...

Like with Frank Herbert, Dune, and the basically bizzare combat style that comes with the daggers and personal shields.

The slow blade makes the cut, in that universe, literally, because the shields block things moving at high velocities, but not slow velocities.

I just love the shit out of... physically based, but playing by different rules, martial combat, hahah!

I also really like in say, Enders Game, where Ender has to essentially just learn/invent an entirely new paradigm of combat to work with zero G and the suits that constrict and paralyze theb part of your body that gets hit with whatever kind of weapons they use.

Makes me want to go back and read some of the best of legends.

I think I am just gonna do that.

Somebody's gotta tend to the old, sacred texts =P