new weapon types

bloodenragedb14_ESO · April 2014

there needs to be new weapons types, especially the ability to weild only one one-handed weapon and not onehand and shield. maybe let that skill tree be magicka centered, for those who wish to be spell-swords.

i also wouldnt mind empty handed spell-casting skill tree. you see, in my mind, a mage who NEEDS a staff to function is weak, true mages dont need spell foci, staves, or anything but their magicka.

then there is the absence of spears, i have been dissappointed that in the last 2 TES games there have been no spears or halbards.

there are a myriad of other weapons that people would like to see, but these are the ones i want to see most.

nerevarine1138 · April 2014

Sword and magic isn't as good as 2 swords and magic, or sword-shield-magic. So why on earth would they add a tree for a less effective combat option? We already have non-staff spells, by the way. Check your character and Mages Guild spell-lines.

By the way, you may have noticed that this isn't a single-player game. They aren't going to bother making intentionally-gimped playstyles viable. If you want to play with one-hand and nothing (which you totally can), it's your loss.

Also, stop hitting that dead horse with the butt of that spear.

WraithAzraiel · April 2014

I'd like to see an unarmed combat skill tree

RustyBlades · April 2014

WraithAzraiel wrote: »

I'd like to see an unarmed combat skill tree

and unarmored. Nothing beats a special skill of neck snap on a stealth attack from a peasant.

Grayphilosophy · April 2014

Actually. A onehanded weapon tree could function very well as a CC/burst kind of tree if you consider it from a "realistic" perspective. In real swordfighting you don't go flailing around your weapons, especially if fighting against armoured opponents. You'd much rather go in and use your sword as a tool, ocasionally even putting a hand on your own blade to use it as a lever to force your opponent down, to then deliver a fatal blow. Intentionally gimped? I beg to differ.

On that note, spears and poleweapons outperform just about any strictly swordwielding combatant on a melee battlefield. Paired with a shortrange weapon as a secondary weapon you'll even be able to defend yourself against people who get past the tip of your stick of death.