Weapon naming

Not sure if this will be a thing, but I just thought it would be neat if when we make a powerful weapon and complete it with enchants or whatever - that then we should be able to name the weapon.

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Vhaeyne

Mowaby wrote: »

What if powerful items already have a name?

That is dumb, I hate when MMOs do this. Am I really to believe that I have the same sword as everyone else in town during current patch?

It don't make me feel special or powerful.

If a player made a named sword. Then dropped it in PvP or something. That would be a sweet trophy. Like taking some ones ear in diablo, but somehow taking a named weapon of theirs might feel more personal.

As for the dumb names players give shit. It is less of a big deal to me when they are naming a single item vs a whole town.

Mowaby

Vhaeyne wrote: »

Mowaby wrote: »

What if powerful items already have a name?

That is dumb, I hate when MMOs do this. Am I really to believe that I have the same sword as everyone else in town during current patch?

It don't make me feel special or powerful.

If a player made a named sword. Then dropped it in PvP or something. That would be a sweet trophy. Like taking some ones ear in diablo, but somehow taking a named weapon of theirs might feel more personal.

As for the dumb names players give shit. It is less of a big deal to me when they are naming a single item vs a whole town.

What if you aren't special?

Vhaeyne

Mowaby wrote: »

What if you aren't special?

That is the point! I don't want to be.

The whole argument people use to justify named item drops in MMO's is that they want special items from the lore to feel connected to the world and feel special. I have always thought this is stupid. I would rather there be one of each named item in the lore that can be fought over. Which looks like it is the direction Ashes is going.

Mowaby

Vhaeyne wrote: »

Mowaby wrote: »

What if you aren't special?

That is the point! I don't want to be.

The whole argument people use to justify named item drops in MMO's is that they want special items from the lore to feel connected to the world and feel special. I have always thought this is stupid. I would rather there be one of each named item in the lore that can be fought over. Which looks like it is the direction Ashes is going.

Ok I failed to understand your argument. I agree with you. I don't think many items should have a special name. Just like in some popular book and movie/tv series. There are only a few weapons that deserve a name.

daveywavey

Mowaby wrote: »

Just like in some popular book and movie/tv series. There are only a few weapons that deserve a name.

When they do, it tends to be because they were from a particular crafter. In LOTR, it tends to be when a special Elf has made it. In Norse mythology, something made by the dwarfs in Svartalfheim usually has a name.

If they are going to introduce item naming, would it make sense for it to be a Master Crafter perk?

akabear

daveywavey wrote: »

If they are going to introduce item naming, would it make sense for it to be a Master Crafter perk?

Agree, that if any form of naming is introduced that it is still reserved for the highest tier so that names are still unique.

Damokles

It would be nice if Scribes could make weapon tags of differing rarities.
A uncommon weapon tag would let you give your uncommon weapon a nickname that would be displayed as the main name with its true name in grey right after it.

Example:
Nagash's Folly (Ironwood Greatstaff)
Staff
Attackspeed - 3.6
Damage - 300-350

Lore Dynamic

Damokles wrote: »

Example:
Nagash's Folly (Ironwood Greatstaff)

Haha! Nice one Damokles

Torialis

Damokles wrote: »

Example:
Nagash's Folly (Ironwood Greatstaff)

The only thing worse than a vampire, is a vampire in the service of Nagash

I personally am fine with naming weapons, no matter how silly it is. Think of all that silly and ridiculous nicknames people give their friends, enemies, vehicles and favorite toys; if giving a silly name to a weapon in a fantasy game is immersion breaking for you, then you simply don't Human.

KeeperBrGO

Torialis wrote: »

Damokles wrote: »

Example:
Nagash's Folly (Ironwood Greatstaff)

The only thing worse than a vampire, is a vampire in the service of Nagash

I personally am fine with naming weapons, no matter how silly it is. Think of all that silly and ridiculous nicknames people give their friends, enemies, vehicles and favorite toys; if giving a silly name to a weapon in a fantasy game is immersion breaking for you, then you simply don't Human.

I make your words my ty

also known as Benji

I’m fine with weapon and armor naming if done right. If it’s just a free text field with no naming rules or limitations I’d rather it not be included. I liked being able to name gear in Skyrim because it made the game more immersive; even an uninspired/cheesy name for a sword still felt better to me than “orcish greatsword of shocks.”

I think the idea to have predetermined prefixes and suffixes could work, although at some point I think that would become less cool. And the troll behavior would probably still happen, you’d just have bad predetermined names lol

Atama

akabear wrote: »

Whist not into naming a crafted item, I see no issue of branding an item with the crafter`s name.
Great for business and reputation.

That’s already being implemented.

https://ashes101.com/crafting

Finally, the Crafter’s name will be embedded in the items they create.

Naming items isn’t something that has been announced and I doubt it will be. Just as we aren’t allowed to name nodes, but can choose from a list of pre-generated names.

https://ashes101.com/nodes

Mayors have the ability to choose the name of the Node from a per-determined list.

Clearly the developers are worried about the potential for abuse if players are allowed to start naming things in-game however they want.

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