Weapon Archetypes?

What types of weapons can we expect to see in the game?

What type of weapon would you want to see implemented?

I personally really enjoy the spear archetype, but don't see it implemented well often. Usually it just ends up being a weaker version of swords.

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Songcaller

I hope they still think of the book on a chain. Would love to see it in action.

Kesarakk

I personally would like to see most weapon types in the game so players can live out the fantasy they want rather than be forced into a specific weapon type because that is what their class uses.

For me personally, I'd like to have the option to use a two-handed or even two one-handed weapons as a tank, or even a quarterstaff.

Dummo

Fighter or Rogue with a Greatsword (2H) for me.

Ulquiorra

Dual wield staves.
Anything that isn't medieval weapon. For a game with 64 classes, they really need to be creative with the weapons if they want class diversity.

Vhaeyne

Types of weapons in the game:
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Weapons

Weapon I would want to see implemented:
They got me covered. Literally all of my favorite weapons are on the list. The potion launcher looks stupid, and out of place. I am going to try hard to not complain about it. It's not my world.

SoDakDrifter

The potion launcher probably won’t be in the final game. So you are good to go.

Beekeeper

Neurath wrote: »

I hope they still think of the book on a chain. Would love to see it in action.

How is that a weapon? Would you swing the book around like a flail?

I'm personally a big fan of glaives and sword staffs. A good spear with a cool tip works too. Just as long as it's not exclusively packaged within the naginata/samurai/ninja aedthetic.

Marcet

I would like to try 2 shields, one in each hand. As a summoner it could work.

Songcaller

Beekeeper wrote: »

How is that a weapon? Would you swing the book around like a flail?

Yeah I didn't initiate the idea, I just read on the wiki it had been considered. You could put a law book on a chain and strike with the law lol

rodzor

As long as they use the high fantasy/medieval type weapons I will be happy, the current list in the wiki covers all my concerns.

Yuyukoyay

lol not sure if the game is going to allow any combination on each hand though. We just got a general idea right now. xD

Aeri

Marcet wrote: »

I would like to try 2 shields, one in each hand. As a summoner it could work.

According to the wiki, dual-wielding shields won't be a thing, sadly.

That would actually be kinda viable on a Summoner, though.

lunarsky

They pretty much have covered all the weapons I would want to see or expect to see. The only hole I can think of that couldn't be covered with a cosmetic or alternative in game design and get the same effect are hand to hand weapons like knuckles or Katars. That could be an interesting weapon choice for a fighter or rogue for example.

Triple

I would like to see whips or even maybe slings.

Tacualeon

Spears.
Warhammer and maces of proper size.
Pavise.
European Great swords, japanese nodachis, chinese guan dao.

lunarsky

Triple wrote: »

I would like to see whips or even maybe slings.

and perhaps chains and handcuffs?

Is...is there something you would like to tell us brother Triple?

There's the cleric whip skill so far but I doubt they'll add actually whips but I can't rule it out completely since they went through the trouble of animating the cleric skill. If they take away the glow effect and tweak it a bit it could work.

Atama

I like the idea of being a tank with a wand. But only if I can attach the wand to the top of my helmet. Then I can walk around crouched in plate armor and role play that I’m an M1 Abrams firing from a turret.

A whole legion of those guys in a siege would be epic.

Hexcat

Claws or fist weapons, it would be cool if they implement different damage types

ataulfos

sickle, war scythe, polearms, halberd would be nice to see many weapons and in a dev perspective they could have similar animations bc of irl use of the weapons

Aardvark

ataulfos wrote: »

sickle, war scythe, polearms, halberd would be nice to see many weapons and in a dev perspective they could have similar animations bc of irl use of the weapons

Can we get DnD style with slashing, blunt, elemental, holy etc being better for different things and crit ranges and crit multipliers?

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