Iceheart Swords are upside-down!

Aiko · January 2019

Wanted to put the Iceheart 1h Sword xMog on my dagger, when i noticed it's actually upside down.
Same goes for 2h sword.
Apart from them looking kinda weird in general, if you look at the Icon it's rather obvious.

Considering that you pay 2500 crowns for this, i hope it gets fixed.
I already sent a Bug Report but i thought i might let people know before they buy it.

eklhaftb16_ESO · January 2019

The front side is the one you cut with, right? I'd say it kinda makes more sense this way. If it was the other way, those big spikes could get stuck in the enemy when doing slashing attack - and you don't want that.

Then again, the design doesn't make much sense from either side.

Aiko · January 2019

Not sure if you are joking or not getting what i'm trying to say here..
Just in case..

Atallanta · January 2019

I thought even in real life both sides of 2h sword are sharp

Acrolas · January 2019

Even if it were accidentally flipped, it's now live in the game, there's no established correct way to hold it, and there's no visual bug attached to it.

The icons don't dictate weapon placement, though. Shadowrend's axe head faced to the right while Troll King's axe head faced to the left, for instance. And Bloodspawn is using the horn as a hammer head as opposed to what we might consider to be the hammer head based on what a traditional hammer looks like. So Daedra don't particularly have to follow mortal guidelines...

SirAndy · January 2019

The spikes near the grip are in the right place, they're supposed to protect your hand, wrist and arm from the opponents blade.

It seems the icon is wrong, not the in-game model ...

paulsimonps · January 2019

Atallanta wrote: »

I thought even in real life both sides of 2h sword are sharp

Very much so depends on the sword.

Arkangeloski · January 2019

You mean the edge is backwards? Bc if it was upside down with the tip next to the handle well it wouldn't look like a sword anymore more like a frozen joint

Merlin13KAGL · January 2019

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that maybe, just maybe, a weapon made of mystical ice may not follow the same physical stipulations as others do?

If the spike at the bottom gets that close to your forearm, your wrist is already broken anyway.

Aiko · January 2019

I love how you guys both argue that this is a fantasy game and RL rules don't apply yet then say the guard would be unrealistic if you turn the sword around.

A blind man could see that this is not how it's supposed to be.
The 'curve' of the edge is on top..
And while there are swords that look like that, like a falcata - this one doesn't seem (to me at least) to be one.

I just thought i tell people before they spend nearly 20 bucks on this - since ZoS sadly rarely fixes cosmetic bugs.
Eventhough they should - especially when it comes crown store items.

Anyway.. this seems rather pointless anyway since every person here thinks he is a sword expert because he probably watched a Skallargrim video at some point in his life. So i'll just focus on what counts and that is the bug report i sent.

firedrgn · January 2019

Maybe its to conveniently hit someone behind him.

JobooAGS · January 2019

Take a look at the yokudan bow when unsheathed

Laugh

SydneyGrey · January 2019

How do you know that both edges aren't sharp?

paulsimonps · January 2019

To be fair if we are holding anything facing the wrong way its this fricking staff.... The head should be facing forward, towards the enemy, not us.

Merlin13KAGL · January 2019

Aiko wrote: »

I love how you guys both argue that this is a fantasy game and RL rules don't apply yet then say the guard would be unrealistic if you turn the sword around.

A blind man could see that this is not how it's supposed to be.
The 'curve' of the edge is on top..
And while there are swords that look like that, like a falcata - this one doesn't seem (to me at least) to be one.

I just thought i tell people before they spend nearly 20 bucks on this - since ZoS sadly rarely fixes cosmetic bugs.
Eventhough they should - especially when it comes crown store items.

Anyway.. this seems rather pointless anyway since every person here thinks he is a sword expert because he probably watched a Skallargrim video at some point in his life. So i'll just focus on what counts and that is the bug report i sent.

Gotcha, you're supposed to be the only 'sword expert' here.

If you want to get down to brass tacks, in its current form, the sword would glance off anything it strikes. Invert it, and the upward spike towards the hilt is likely to get caught on anything is hits. While this might be beneficial from a damage standpoint, it's going to impede fluid swordplay.

The only justification I could see for the function of this design (your proposed orientation) would be for blocking purposes, acting as a guard, or catching the opponent's blade with the aim of disarming them.

Just taking good old fashioned physics in mind. Then again, I'm no sword expert.

(FWIW, if they did opt to fix this, it would be as simple as rotating the base model orientation via a single parameter.)

CompM4s · January 2019

Hmmmm looks off now that its pointed out

Aiko · January 2019

SydneyGrey wrote: »

How do you know that both edges aren't sharp?

Because it (when displayed correctly) looks more like a sabre-type weapon to me - which are usually single-edged.

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

Gotcha, you're supposed to be the only 'sword expert' here.

Never said i was, but unlike other people, also never pretended to be.

Sathukai · January 2019

It does look like it has a very slight curve outward, almost like a sickle. What really gets me are the spikes for the crossguard

(i know I'm bad at photoshop, leave me alone)

Minyassa · January 2019

Ugh, you're right, totally backwards. Makes the toon look like a derp. ZOS, if you'd be so kind as to take that out of that poor creature's hand, gently turn it around and put it back, you'd save someone from getting giggled at anymore.

Sheezabeast · January 2019

I can’t unsee this now, thanks guys