Additional Weapon Skill Ideas

spawn_to_kill

dual wonds so magic can have a extra set piece with range attacks xD

TheShadowScout

I actually imagines dual-wiedling the offhand wand/runestones for destruction magic... same abilities as staves, just alternating the elemental type between them... one attack right hand, one attackl left, right, left, right, left... it would make an neat addition withotu the need for much change methinks...

Marktoneth3

love one-handed skill lines

KimoBitz

THESE ARE TOP NOTCH IDEAS

RPGplayer13579

I have 6 characters, and each of them use one of the current weapon skills available. Adding new weapon skill lines such as One Handed and Magic would give me a great reason to create new characters or allow my older ones to switch weapon skill lines.

TheShadowScout

I reposted an updated version of this idea there:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/371862/additional-weapon-skill-ideas-mk-ii
...just in case someone follows an now outdated link here

RPGplayer13579

Right now I am standing before Vivec and guess what he is armed with. A Spear. He is floating behind a statue of himself wielding a spear. If Vivec is allowed to have a Spear, why not me?

RPGplayer13579

Assuming we do eventually get a spear weapon skill line, which race would get a 15% bonus when using a spear?


Maomer, Falmer, or Dunmer?


Assuming we do get access to a new race at some point. Or which of our current races are most suited to wield a spear?

Nyghthowler

Since we have a Warden class now that ( supposedly ) uses nature magic and has an animal pet, I would like to see Claw weapons.

RPGplayer13579

Do you mean Argonians and Khajiit and the claws they have naturally? Or weapons made with claws?

SirAxen

RPGplayer13579 wrote: »

Right now I am standing before Vivec and guess what he is armed with. A Spear. He is floating behind a statue of himself wielding a spear. If Vivec is allowed to have a Spear, why not me?

I think Spears being added is a very reasonable and probable thing at some point. Perhaps even with the next Chapter.

Hanzus

@TheShadowScout , there are a lot of threads on this subject, but the ideas and all the time you took setting this up was truly brilliant .

I say it often in threads on this matter but I would love to see spears and shields together, they were used a lot and would be awesome here.

Mettaricana

Dual magic have dual casting but heres the kicker turn all the skills in it into light and heavy attacks

Hear me out make each skill in dual cast have an instant and a charged instant is a simple press and release button the dual cast version of each skill will be a press and hold light a heavy attack and release to fire.

Make craftable runes that require glyphs from enchanting and kutas to upgrade. And fepending on thenrunes used can make fire frost shock runes but heres the kicker make it possible to combo fire/fire, fire/frost etc and the skills will change to reflect chosen runes

Skills
fire ball shoot a quick fire ball that does initial dmg and a burn dot. Now press and hold to charge up a fire ball that hits hard knocks down target and explodes into aoe dmg.

As far as dual element mixes id say make some skills fire the main rune and some the second offhand rune be included in any fully charged dual cast.






Next skill line

Dual 2 hander

Now i know it sounds crazy but make it a warrior brawler berserker fest skill line that is sluggish but hits like a truck have a huge whirlwind skill and specialize in defense breaks knock downs and high dmg bursts but have sluggish hits many games have had barbarians that can use 2 handers 1 handed or dial wield. Make it function like a sluggish defense crusher version of dw im sure the number crunchers will pick the idea apart.

Next idea

Crossbows basically the wrecking blow of bows
Make it have shorter range but faster attacks and heavy attacks or a channeled 3 bolt shot heavy like a lightning staff and a explosive and fire dmg shots for morphs instead of the bows poison based everything. Hell give it a combo bonus passive that ups crit rate for every fighters guild skill slotted.

Atronach summoning for pet build who hate sorcerer similar passives but different summons to spice up game have fire atro for magic dps morph into air atro for stamina dps

Ice and stone atro morphs for tanking and aggro pulling pets

And dremora summoning that gives you a dremora warrior pet and morph gives you 2 dremora pets that fight one magic one melee and stay out til they die then you ca resumon them

RPGplayer13579

Bump! Keeping this on the front page until there is an official response from the devs.

Slick_007

bare knuckle fighting would be cool. brings back oblivion memories.

but there comes a point where you give people too many options. and funnily enough, its a bad thing. ZOS need to balance having enough options, without having too many. and really, they are the only ones who can determine what that number is.

that doesnt mean not to throw ideas out there. your ideas may give them other ideas as well.

TheShadowScout

Nyghthowler wrote: »

Since we have a Warden class now that ( supposedly ) uses nature magic and has an animal pet, I would like to see Claw weapons.

I am assuming that would be weapons like bagh nakh or similar... something I tried to cover as the "weapon" for brawling. Still shouldn't be as effective as a proper weapon (considering the "daggers" in ESO are more like shortswords, really)... but it would add a nice flavor option! Especially as has been mentioned...

Mettaricana wrote: »

Dual magic...

Check out the updated version here:

TheShadowScout wrote: »

I reposted an updated version of this idea there:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/371862/additional-weapon-skill-ideas-mk-ii
...just in case someone follows an now outdated link here

...it has sone new ideas you may find interesting! (cough, "Twin Magic", cough)

Slick_007 wrote: »

but there comes a point where you give people too many options. and funnily enough, its a bad thing. ZOS need to balance having enough options, without having too many. and really, they are the only ones who can determine what that number is...

...true, there is such a thing as too many options, but half a dozend weapon lines, some with merely a single weapon choice to them, is -nowhere- near that. Not if we have potentially fourteen character slots per account. So there is ample room to add stuff that -every- character can enjoy, no matter of newly made or played since launch...

RPGplayer13579

Assuming there will be a new weapon skill line, how soon would it come out? 1st quarter of 2018?