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Originally Posted by maximara
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Technically "balanced" doesn't appear in that but the gist of that "you can wield it one-handed with no readiness penalty" is effectively the same. So smurf either has a case of right conclusion but not the right way of getting there or poorly summed up what the rule says, take your pick. But his basic conclusion is correct.
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No, readiness (needing a ready action or not), and balanced (having U in parry or not) are not equivalent in GURPS.
That said I don't have a problem with a really strong wielder avoiding the U, I think Smurf's post had ST30 as the threshold. That's a human with a BL of 180lbs, so yeah I reckon such a person could swing a 3.33lb bastard sword about one handed without this issue.