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Weapons: Styles/Designs
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Hello everyone!
So, I got the idea of creating this topic from @Noespark who created the Armour: Styles and Designs topic.
Basically, we know a range of weapons that Intrepid Studios are going to include in Ashes, like swords, bows, staves (plural for staff??). I would assume daggers, maces and spears are also on the table. I'm interested in seeing if you guys have come across some weapon designs in other games that you like the look of and hope the style will make it into Ashes as well. So, feel free to post them here!
Here are some of my favourites (They're from Lineage 2 and Aion, what a SURPRISE, right? haha):
Bows (Aion, L2, Aion, L2)
Swords (Aion, Aion, L2, L2)
Shields (L2, Aion)
And here's a little something I really like from Aion, harps! I really do hope Intrepid Studios decide to add something like a harp weapon for Bards, but guess we'll have to wait and see.
Harps (Aion x2)
So, I got the idea of creating this topic from @Noespark who created the Armour: Styles and Designs topic.
Basically, we know a range of weapons that Intrepid Studios are going to include in Ashes, like swords, bows, staves (plural for staff??). I would assume daggers, maces and spears are also on the table. I'm interested in seeing if you guys have come across some weapon designs in other games that you like the look of and hope the style will make it into Ashes as well. So, feel free to post them here!
Here are some of my favourites (They're from Lineage 2 and Aion, what a SURPRISE, right? haha):
Bows (Aion, L2, Aion, L2)
Swords (Aion, Aion, L2, L2)
Shields (L2, Aion)
And here's a little something I really like from Aion, harps! I really do hope Intrepid Studios decide to add something like a harp weapon for Bards, but guess we'll have to wait and see.
Harps (Aion x2)
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I used to play on Deyla (both Elyos and Asmo at some point), how about you?
About the the harp being Asian like, I guess you have a point, I just really liked the bard (songweaver) playstyle, the support+DPS (not so much the weird penguin animations tho.....). I am hoping to have a similar play style here in Ashes. Think maybe bard/mage might get me there. Hoping!
I used to play on Spatalos server, decided to delete that account there because the server was severely unbalanced (400 asmos vs 1200 elyos whenever sieges broke out in Katalam). Made a new one on Perento (Both were EU servers by the way) and Perento got merged with a few other servers into one I don't remember the name of, since I stopped playing once that happened. Anyway, I was a ranger and had pretty good DPS for a ranger since I managed to out-dps a lot of sorcerers while rangers were known for their average DPS in PvE, but deadly in PvP one-shotting possibilities. But hey, Katalam got removed with the open world PvP, the massive sieges removed, underground got removed, Tiamaranta with the Eye got removed... They added more daily quests/weekly... Means more grinding for better gear... I was just done once I saw all of that...
And Antriksha (I think) I played there a little at some point, but decided to go to Deyla (EU as well btw) for more English speaking players.
I think this will likely be the last time I go back (yeah right, that's what I said all the other times too rofl).
I am all for unique "western" design, as long as they make it look good still. If every item is going to all be dull and colourless and no options for "fancy hilts" on swords, then I can see it becoming pretty boring. I'm just hoping for variation in weapons, just like in armours that has been discussed extensively before.
drizzt do'urdens blades
Greatswords
and lastly a hammer i liked
What are your opinions on the weapons they showed off last night?
Here are the pictures from the stream (sorry about the quality):
^^^
Did you want to be carrying a 20kg bow weight at arms length for hours of war ?
Are you really going to swing that sword with any kind of speed or control, if you can barely drag it across the floor ?
Feasibility issues with designs, always grate on me something rotten.
M'.....'mersion gets easily offended.
Some gorgeous design concepts though, if only they had more practicality as part of the consideration.