I have been thinking about a change for a while that I believe would be a unique addition to the game, which is that the spear and the halberd's alt modes should be replaced with a stance. The player would hold their weapon in front of them, acting like a spike damaging people if they walk into it. However, it would not one shot players but deal about 35 damage to level 3 armor, 45 damage to level 2 armor, 60 damage to level 1 armor and 85 damage to no armor with no bonus headshot damage. Horses running into the halberd/spear would die instantly. The stance would be cancelled if the player takes damage from a melee or a kick, but not ranged projectiles. The stance would take about 2 seconds to enter as well as the player's movement speed being reduced drastically (maybe about 75%?).
Sidenote: I love this game and I have played way too much of it in the past few weeks.
So we're holding off on things like this for now, but in the future we might change the way alt mode works and add in extra mechanics. Nothing confirmed at all on this, but we have discussed this exact mechanic in private. Hopefully we can find some time to work on this in the future!