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Which should be the next weapon skill line?

Vhozek
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I think it's about time we get one. Here are my 3 main ideas, but feel welcome to add more in the "other" selection.

Unarmed: I think this one is self-explanatory. Lots of bonuses to light and heavy attack damage through perks, fist weapons like in Diablo 3, one or two kick-related abilities, one or two grapple abilities, a quick punching barrage ability similar to DW's first skill except with punching sound effects.

1H&Spell: Some utility spells that are cast with 1 hand such as a ward or a barrier that lasts a few seconds along with the 1 arm animation, boosts to your physical weapon when a spell is casted, animations for 1H attacks/skills that go well with the animation of your other hand while having a barrier or ward up. (the barrier/ward animation would consist of the model keeping their arm extended in front of them throughout the duration of the effect while other spells or light/heavy attacks center around animations in the other arm. Or have the model hold a book, scroll, rune, or sphere the entire time). This skill line would be similar to how healer Templars work in the sense that they're healers (utility) and still have their damage because they center around magicka, except this will be physical for contrast. Could also be magical by having the weapon deal magic damage and be a Bound Weapon while having offensive spells.

Bound Weapons: This one could easily be a copy/paste of the DW and 2H skills except with magic damage instead of physical and with the weapons formed of a purple aura (base color) like in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Could also just be its own thing entirely so long as it adds more options for mages.
Edited by Vhozek on March 28, 2018 3:09PM
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Which should be the next weapon skill line? 129 votes

Bound Weapons
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1H&Spell
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Unarmed
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Other
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Nothing. The game is perfect as it is.
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NewBlacksmurfdaryl.rasmusenb14_ESODracanePink_ViolinzSpiderKnightBohnTBRCOURTNSkanderTasearboombazookajdEnokariel 11 votes
  • greenmachine
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    Wand & Orb
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  • Turelus
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    1H&Spell
    I'm down with 1 hand and spell as it's how I have always played the TES series (although it wasn't well shown until Skyrim).

    Not sure what the spell side of that would be however.
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  • Gythral
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    All of the above plus wand & orb...
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  • duendology
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    dual-wield wands...or dual-wield staff!!!
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    - Dunmer Templar dps/healer [she's a healer, then again she likes inferno staff too...]
    And..
    - High Elf SorcMag dps [It's quite possible his daddy was a Nord.]

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  • Emmagoldman
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    Pole arms.....nobody invented a spear yet......
  • The_Lex
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    1H&Spell
    1h and spell would be great. In TES games, I usually play a spellsword or battlemage.

    Magdens could benefit with frost spells in one hand and a 1handed staff in the other.
  • Sordidfairytale
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    Introduce the Retiarius style

    Trident & Net
    The Vegemite Knight
  • JobooAGS
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    Crossbows
  • emilyhyoyeon
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    alteration/illusion staff or a new type of bow (like crossbow or a separation between longbows and shortbows)
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  • Samadhi
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    Add 'gloves' to Cloth crafting
    Light material version unlocks hand-casting + Conjured Weapon spell line
    Medium material version unlocks Unarmed combat line
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  • Chaos2088
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    1H&Spell
    Bloody love polls! :neutral:
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  • Jusey1
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    Crossbows. Because crossbows.
  • GeorgeBlack
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    Spears
  • shadowofnarsil
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    1H&Spell
    1H + spell would be interesting, but not sure how that would play out with allocation of stamina and mag points. This game seems to favor dumping all points into one or the other, depending on the respective focus, and now in theory you have to support both…
  • josiahva
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    1H&Spell
    Give me this on my tank to replace the Ice Staff so I dont have to hear DPS complain about how the ice staff is supposed to be a DPS weapon(also, I could use that extra slot back on my back bar)
  • Seraphayel
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    We need another Magicka weapon skill line for DPS. I'd be fine with Conjuration Staff for both DPS and Support.
    Edited by Seraphayel on March 28, 2018 4:12PM
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  • shinikaze
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    melee magicka weapon and unarmed
    I want my char to learn martial arts skill line with a lot of mobility and punch and kicks
    Edited by shinikaze on March 28, 2018 4:19PM
  • Loves_guars
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    1H&Spell
    Even if I mostly use stamina characters, I vote an alternative to the staff for magicka users. Yes I hate staves, but also, it would be the fair thing to do considering that stamina builds have Dual, 2h and bow.
  • Tyrobag
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    1H&Spell
    We need a spellsword weapon since they ruined magicka dual wield with the resource nerf. Besides, magicka only has 1 weapon type right now, it really could use another.
  • TheShadowScout
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    Why just -one- "next weapons skill line"?
    Wha not a nice selection, with some choices that are right for "your" favorite character no matter if magica or stamina, rogue type or knight type, mage type or monk type?
    Something like... https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/371862/additional-weapon-skill-ideas-mk-ii ;)
  • Rickter
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    I'd like to see 1h spell line, or polearms such as spears and halberds.
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  • Ley
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    Spear and wands.
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  • Adernath
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    1H&Spell
    The 'Spell' part could be covered by a book, spirit shield or orb while the '1h' part could be a ritual sword, wand or totem. Some versatile/utility weapon skill would certainly be an enrichment to the game.
  • Vhozek
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    >Altmer expansion is advertising a *** skill line and not expanding on mage weapons
    𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘀. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴.
  • Enslaved
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    • spears
    • javelins
    • polearms
    • halebards
    • huge sticks with pointy end
  • Skander
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    Nothing. The game is perfect as it is.
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  • Stewart1874
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    Spears make sense tbh. Although I'd like a spell book/orb/wand type of thing.

    Is there a fair shot for Crossbows? Fighters guild already has an ability which brings it in, but as an actual weapon it would be cool and give archers a bit of a decision to make/ variety.

    I'd seriously hope if they implemented a new weapon type it would be one directed at each possible play style i.e don't just do a spear, give us a spear, wand and crossbow.

    I'm not sure they'd necessarily warrant new categories. The spear could be faster but weaker, wand could also be faster but weaker and crossbow could be slower but stronger.
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  • Kanar
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    Wand + spell book (DW magicka). Possible weapons are rune, focus, wand, tome. This will shut up the magicka whiners who are seething with jealousy because stam has more weapons.

    In the same update, EVERY class skill gets an additional stamina morph (each skill now has three morphs and not allowed to have the stam version be same as base but just cost stam, that's lazy).
  • Aebaradath
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    Unarmed
    burglar-alarm-gun-note-says-good-luck-580x580.jpg

    Edited by Aebaradath on March 28, 2018 6:23PM
  • Nemesis7884
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    1H&Spell
    1h+spell is nice cause it doesnt require a new weapon so doesnt mess up the loot table
    another "easy" addition i would enjoy was an "arcane" destruction staff that does magic damage instead of an elemental damage type....could of course also be illusion / alteration etc...
    and of course crossbow would be nice

    1h+spell could allow for a melee magicka weapon which is lacking
    crossbow could allow for a weapon that has both magicka and stamina morphs (through sepcialist bolts - like explosive bolts (fire), poison bolts etc...
    Edited by Nemesis7884 on March 29, 2018 6:41AM
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