Weapon Size

I was reading a tweet by the Ashes account and they were talking about the new armor that has red fire in the chest; and someone under the tweet asked about the weapon and why does it look so small and if there is a standard size for weapons or if they can scale.

So my question to the intrepid team and general discussion what do you think about having enlarged weapons for melee fighters.

some examples that come to mind are the dynasty warrior characters and their array of different weapons and sizes.

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angelicshiya

Vhaeyne

Is this the tweet in question?

https://twitter.com/AshesofCreation/status/1404785862093807619

If so, I think that would be a pretty substantial weapon for a person of that size.

I think it is just the camera angle making it look small. There is a fair amount of distance between his hands.

Also, I think weapon scale will just depend on the weapon type and the art/cosmetic you are using.

szelesbt

dsnt look that bad to me, maybe it could be a littlebit bigger, that weapon already pretty not realistic so ye would be nice to make it larger
but maybe its just the camera angle as @Vhaeyne said it
i would like to see big weapons

Noaani

angelicshiya wrote: »

I literally couldn't design a worse looking weapon if I tried.

Thanks, OP, for listing a whole pile of things for the developers to keep clear of in this game.

Vhaeyne

For context:
When I replied to OP, I could not see the images of examples they provided.

Seeing it now. I, have nothing against oversized weapons. In some settings they are a bit much. I don't think they would be improper in Ashes. We turn into a pile of Ashes when we die, so as far as I am concerned, anything goes.

It's no holds barred, Everything is subject to change, ect.

Sov54

A warhammer head being bigger than a actually functioning one is not reallistic, but would add some options for cool designs and are part of a high fantasy world by now.

On the other hand, a hammer being as big as your torso looks just extremely ridicule to me, and can't help thinking what Freud would say about them, lol.

The axe and mace in the pictures above are perfect examples of what NOT to do.

Dygz

Shergrim

dwarf axes should be bigger than the standard, for one they would have the strength to use a bigger weapon effectively plus it'd make up for their lack of reach

Dygz

I mean... any race and any class can use any weapon, so...
Dwarf axes would just become standard for everyone if they are "bigger".

Shergrim

Dygz wrote: »

I mean... any race and any class can use any weapon, so...
Dwarf axes would just become standard for everyone if they are "bigger".

thats fine too cos that axe in the tweet looks like a toy

Shergrim

warhammer dwarves have one handed axes bigger than that

Dygz

Yep. Ashes is not trying to be Warhammer.

Grihm

Personally, oversized weapons and armor feels more fitting in an JRPG MMO than in the world and theme of Ashes. Polearms etc could instead be used to add length, but personally i would vote no for things to go the Final fantasy way.

angelicshiya

Well the community seems to be against from this mini thread, I still think there is a place for it somewhere. Maybe a legendary or something but as @Dygz pointed out, Steven shut that down quick. And @Noaani I think its cool but to each their own

szelesbt

I think there is a middle way. The pictures in ops post way too oversized but i can imagine a cool looking weapon that would be oversized by historical accuracy. And yes definitely dont go JRPG, over the shoulder, man sized, wide, heavy swords.

ViBunja

A sword is an oversized dagger, if you think about it.

Asgerr

What people think war hammers look like:

What war hammers actually look like:

With that said, I much prefer the badassery of the first one. Without needing to go as big as that, oversizing weapons a little wouldn't be a problem for me. Otherwise all swords would look like boring letter openers on screen.

szelesbt

exactly this ^^

Vhaeyne

Asgerr wrote: »

What people think war hammers look like:

What war hammers actually look like:

With that said, I much prefer the badassery of the first one. Without needing to go as big as that, oversizing weapons a little wouldn't be a problem for me. Otherwise all swords would look like boring letter openers on screen.

This is why when Steven says: "No oversized weapons", and we get weapons shown in the tweet. I don't know what to believe. The axe in that tweet seems pretty oversized to me.

The hammer and shield combo in the first picture you posted is badass in a fantasy context.

When I am in a museum looking at ancient weapons of war. They are all badass in a historical context.

Weapons are badass.

eukatae

I hope Steve stays true to his word; I dislike seeing weapons that weight more than the wielder.
Thousands of years of combat we have a pretty good idea of what constitutes an effective weapon; they don't weight more than the wielder.

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