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What sort of new weapon class would you like ?

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  • AngelaWasp
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    More melee weapons - I like to get up close and personal
  • Zathras
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    Rezlov wrote: »
    So , I was recently playing Morrowind and I started thinking that it'd be cool if you could have some more weapon classes.The only stuff I could think of was throwables (shurikens and such) , crossbows ( yeah,like a 2H crossbow) , whips/chains/ropes (idk, seemed interesting) , staves and spears. Do you think they'd maybe even be able to do any of these and would they be cool ? Do you have any other weapon class on your mind ?

    Quarterstaff would be cool. A 1h tome, and maybe a wand would be fun to mix it up for magicka classes. Stam have such a variety, and magicka just have staves. Let's fix that.
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  • KhajiitFelix
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    Pickaxe.
  • TheShadowScout
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    Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »
    a new crafting line...
    ...would not be needed, all new weapons could be added to axisting crafting lines.

    New type of staves (destro-poison, destro-curse, destro-coldfire, destro-chaotic, resto-bloodmagic, resto-disease, tanky staff)? Crossbows? Polearms (different types would be motiv distinctiveness)? Woodworking could really use more stuff to craft and reseach, as its far behind the other lines.

    Offhand throwing weapons or brawling knuckledusters? Flails? Just add to blacksmithing!

    Spell Foci? Runestones and wands for "1H&Magic" or "twin magic" ideas? Jewelry crafting could use some weapons to work at, yes?
    Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »
    Possibly new upgrade materials...
    ...would not be needed, as all the old stuff would fit any new weapon just as much as it would fit any old weapon.
    Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »
    9 weapon traits to learn...
    ...is a thing, sure. But a good thing, as it would give those who already learned it all incentive to dust off their characters and put their nose to the grindstone again, yes?
    Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »
    Rewriting all of the loot tables so that existing gear drops in the new weapon...
    ...is the one valid concern with new weapons. Less the rewriting, and more the fact that its already insanely difficult to get -just- the right drop for your setup.
    Now, for BoE gear that is a non-issue... because all it would do there is add more spice to the economy.
    But... for BoP stuff, that would make an already painful grind all the worse!

    But it would also be a great opportunity to solve both problems in one stroke - by switching them to a token system! Possibly an -optional- token system... as in, have special NPCs where you can swap in unwanted BoP stuff for the one you desire! Or simply forget all that and go with an much less complex simple token system. You get, say, one "Sunderflame armor" token from that dungeon boss, and a "Sunderflame weapon" token from the dungeon endboss, and then find the right vendor to exchange those tokens for -just- the gear you want. No more vexation at the gods of the die roll, and even casuals might be able to assemble their desired "dungeon gear"...
    Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »
    Now based on how ZOS turned spellcrafting into a huge time devouring grind fest...
    ...you are aware spellcrafting never got implemented right? :p
    I am guessing you are -not- living in a fantasy world of your own, but meant to say... jewelry crafting, right? ;)

    And yeah. Adding things adds grind. Duh. What else is new?

    But adding things also adds FUN! ;)
    The more options you get to diversify your characters, making them unique and -just the way you want them-, the more fun people will have with ESO! After all, people may come for the things they can do, but they tend to stay for the things they can have fun with! And character-dressup in both visuals and effect is a big part of the endgame... for any MMORPG! So, giving us more there definitely would make it a enjoyable goal to grind towards! And new weapons definitely would be a great and nifty way to go about this!
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