about those 'oversized swords'

Intrepid isn't a fan of such oversized swords, i still it is a missed opportunity.
An oversized sword can be nice and fun to work with.

it's big and heavy. So attacking would be very slow and powerfull. abilities might need longer time to cast and special abilities and effects can be made for those items.

"strong and big" doesn't mean heavy. With today's tech, specicial and rare metals are used to create ultra light but ultra strong materials. That's a candidate for a legendary sword. Think about aluminium, titanium, niobium and many more light but strong metals.

Maybe to yield such a weapon you need certain level or stats. I do see them having a place in MMO's.

Just my taughts. What do you think?

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unknownsystemerror

Viymjr

unknownsystemerror wrote: »

Amen!

Xspearo

@unknownsystemerror @neomir can I ask why you are so against oversized weapons?

For me, I dont expect or want it to be two times the size of a character but I dont think it would be a bad idea. I dont play video games for characters in game to have the same capability I have. Our characters are suppose to be heroes of the people meaning have some extraordinary capabilities. So being stronger than most and being able to wield an epic weapon shouldn't be issue.

Viymjr

@earthern they have their place but not in Ashes of Creation. I see them as a comic MMO theme, mainly seen in Asian games. So for the same reason I dont want to see over sized shoulder guards or bikini plate armour because it would be immersion breaking for a high fantasy game like Ashes.

I dont have anything against large great swords like the Scottish Claymore, the French Bastard Sword or German Zweihander. Large swords can play a part, but need to fit the medieval theme. If you want to swing something oversized use the Halberd

unknownsystemerror

@earthern I am more against people trying to turn the game into something that wasn't envisioned or promised. We all have a mental image of what we want Ashes to be and many are going to be disappointed when what they have built up in their heads over the last couple years does not match up to what the reality is. Ultimately the vision is Stevens. He has been pretty clear about his vision for the mmo that he and the team are making. I am not so naive to think that people when confronted with quotes that are in opposition to what they want that they will just stop trying to get what they want. But in todays post-truth society, a small minority believes that if they say something often and loud enough they can bend reality to their wishes. Could Steven suddenly change the style of game he is making? Sure. We have gone through epic battles on the forums over what people want for art style (Stuffertons comes to mind), pvp corruption, and many other topics. What has me psyched for the title is that on a huge variety of those topics, they have just let the discourse run, and not changed a thing. They may have clarified details that sharpen general statements, but the overall vision has not changed from anything I have seen.

CrazySquiggle

unknownsystemerror wrote: »

@earthern I am more against people trying to turn the game into something that wasn't envisioned or promised. We all have a mental image of what we want Ashes to be and many are going to be disappointed when what they have built up in their heads over the last couple years does not match up to what the reality is. Ultimately the vision is Stevens. He has been pretty clear about his vision for the mmo that he and the team are making. I am not so naive to think that people when confronted with quotes that are in opposition to what they want that they will just stop trying to get what they want. But in todays post-truth society, a small minority believes that if they say something often and loud enough they can bend reality to their wishes. Could Steven suddenly change the style of game he is making? Sure. We have gone through epic battles on the forums over what people want for art style (Stuffertons comes to mind), pvp corruption, and many other topics. What has me psyched for the title is that on a huge variety of those topics, they have just let the discourse run, and not changed a thing. They may have clarified details that sharpen general statements, but the overall vision has not changed from anything I have seen.

That is one thing I that is great. I love the fact that Steven is (for the most part) sticking with his vision. I still don't understand why people threw a tissy fit like a bunch of children over stufferton, but whatever. I thought it was stupid too, but could understand it being in the game since there was lore to back it up. I honestly think Steven is close to telling someone to fuck off if they argue too much with him about what should be in a game he is leading the design for.

aileric

I've always wondered about the big swords issue... seems like compensation issues to me. But then I always play rogues, so I like short pointy things, preferably covered in poison.
Sheesh those TERA pics are pure eye cancer >.< I couldn't run away fast enough from a game looking like that.

EmeraldDarkholme

not a fan of oversized swords

Nagash

Would you class bonesmasher as oversized as no real human could us that

Damokles

nagash wrote: »

Would you class bonesmasher as oversized as no real human could us that

Doesnt look too heavy ;D
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And i also think that this is mostly about paddle like swords. A hammer can still be swung, if the handle is long enough ;D

noemad

wanderingmist wrote: »

Maybe it's just because I've studied the physics behind huge weapons but there is no amount of "it's magic" that can convince me that a person can wield a huge weapons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6QSu1EolCI

As an example.

Good ol' Skallagrim. I haven't seen any of his vids for a while. That should probably change.

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