New Weapon Line?

thechalkdust · February 21

Over the years, we've gotten new classes, but never a new weapon. There are some unique challenges associated with new weapons, therefore these options all meet the following criteria:

1) No new motifs. Avoids the massive art burden attached to common weapon requests like Quarterstaff, Crossbow, Spear, or Flail.
2) Lore-appropriate. Draws from in-game precedent and fills gaps relative to the broader Elder Scrolls universe.
3) Fits a legitimate gameplay role.
4) Expands available "power fantasy" options.

Which new weapon do you want?

Alteration Staff & Shield - Mages committed to defensive support may wield an Alteration Staff with Shield, offering superior magical and physical protection.

Illusion Staff - The Illusion Staff offers a variety of powers to those seeking extra Stealth, CC, debuffs, and group buffing utility.

Conjuration Staff - Pets, pets, pets! Dominate the battlefield, empower your pets, and banish Daedra with the Conjuration Staff.

Unarmed Combat - Who needs a weapon, when you've got these guns?
(The missing set item problem may be solved by a Handsfree passive: "While Unarmed, equipped handwear counts as 2/3 set items.")

One-Handed & Focus - Spellswords arrive wielding a new magical Jewelry weapon, the Focus, worn in the off-hand Shield slot. Some 1H+Focus abilities offer class-flavored bonus effects (similar to Destruction Staff and melee weapon variants). Heavy attacks restore Mag and complement the mid-range DPS niche.

heimdall14_9 · February 22

Unarmed Combat

as an ex-kickboxer/MMA practitioner.. id love unarmed combat in eso.!!!!! i did 30+ walk-through's of skyrim 100% unarmed just punching my way through

Yudo · February 22

Unarmed Combat

Only if it also allows for unarmed spell casting magicka builds. A pure caster with no tools in between.
Less interested in the punchy punchy stuff

LunaFlora · February 22

Other

all of these would be very awesome to have in ESO

Frayton · February 22

Unarmed Combat

Unarmed combat, martial arts. I think this is already in Elder Scrolls lore with Khajiit, so it wouldn't be so out of place.

Wup_sa · February 22

Other

Flail

Lysorris · February 22

One-Handed & Focus

One hand + Focus would be great as alternative magic damage option or even something utility based. I feel like we are currently missing this niche.

Unarmed combat would be interesting, but how about knuckles/fist weapon there are already animations for fist fighting so it should work.

Sleep · February 22

Other

sickle & hammer

kargen27 · February 22

No.

At this point any new weapon line but be cosmetic only. The visuals on skills might look different but the output would mimic already existing attacks.

Apollosipod · February 22

Unarmed Combat

I would be fine with an Unarmed Skill line that simply uses animations in the game already. I'd say this would be best used as an augmentation of current combat since so many people are against new weapon lines without making those weapons for every existing motif. But some of the skills already in the game we could use while still using existing weapons:

- Iron Heel Argonian from Blackheart Haven has a straight kick that knocks players back
- Blake Drake Villa final boss has multiple monk-like attacks to use including a round house kick and a punch
- Shakedown (I think) from Infinite Archive uses a shielded assault animation for a backhand attack that just doesn't include the shield
- Multiple Khajiit NPCs from Elsweyr use hand-to-hand animations for attacks

This would look great in conjunction with existing skills while also making players look more warrior-like

Alp · February 22

One-Handed & Focus

I just desperately want a magicka weapon that isn't a staff. Never used staves in Elder Scrolls games other than maybe the staff of Magnus briefly. Melee and a spell, though? That's probably my most-used combo.

My idea for it would be to have the focus be either different spell schools or different elemental damage types. Then focus the abilities on buffing your sword/other one handed weapon.

Swing your sword with light attacks imbued with whatever element the spell in your other hand is. And on heavy attacks you use the typical Flames, Frostbite, or Sparks spell for medium range compared to the longer range of staves.

Maybe include the classic elemental cloak spells as well.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · February 22

Unarmed Combat

Both some good ol' fashioned fisticuffs and no weapon spell casting.

Monte_Cristo · February 23

Other

Flail. Just cause I like the look of dual wielded flails. Looked good on Diablo 2.
I'd also like to see wands, as a 1h version of staves. Could have a skill that adds that wand's magic type as a resistance when holding a shield in the other hand. And an extra effect when dual wielding wands of different element combinations.

thechalkdust · February 23

Alp wrote: »

I just desperately want a magicka weapon that isn't a staff. Never used staves in Elder Scrolls games other than maybe the staff of Magnus briefly. Melee and a spell, though? That's probably my most-used combo.

Agreed!

Alp wrote: »

My idea for it would be to have the focus be either different spell schools or different elemental damage types. Then focus the abilities on buffing your sword/other one handed weapon.

The way I'd like to see it implemented:
1) The off-hand Focus default properties (appearance, behavior, and elemental damage type) for light/heavy attacks would be based on the green glow whip of the Aldmeri heroine in the cinematic trailers.
2) The skill line would have a skill called "Class Focus". If slotted, then the off-hand Focus properties change based on class. Templar, Nightblade, Necro, & Arc would do appropriately-colored Magic Damage while DK's get Flame, Sorcs get Shock, & Wardens have Frost.
3) Styles applied to the Class Focus skill would offer other cosmetic-only options.

James-Wayne · February 23

Conjuration Staff

We need alteration, illusion and conjuration first as they are Elder Scrolls must haves. They can use existing Resto or Destruction styles.

AdeleiGuisso · February 23

No.

people really come with the worst ideas....
its hard to integrate the different weapons we have in meta and optimized play, let alone create a new one, for example its been a long while since bow makes an appearance in high end gameplay...

aspergalas4 · February 23

One-Handed & Focus

I personally see 3 new weapon lines that could be added relatively easily and also fix some existing weapon type mechanics.

An extensive unarmed skill line that provides both Stamina focused MMA style combo gameplay and a Magicka focused free hand spellcasting playstyle seems like a no brainer to me.

I think a one handed skill line without shield would serve as a nice way to implement the spellsword gameplay we see in the single player titles but also replace frost stave magicka tanking (thinking it could be implemented via a passive effect that causes blocking to produce a ward whilst only holding a 1h weapon) so it can be solely a damage type like its flame and lightning counterparts. Always found the frost staff tanking playstyle a bit contrived in nature given its not a thing in the main games nor makes sense.

On staves, I would love to see a polearm skill line. Which shouldn't be difficult to implement as it can simply make use of all the existing stave styles (some of which look like spears anyway). Would be no need to model spears for each existing style or motif, can simply lean one way or the other when it comes to new styles if ZOS wants it to look like a staff or spear.

All 3 of these require no new specific weapon type models to work, just new anims for the skills and attacking/blocking. No need to append new models to all the current motifs/styles. So I see no reason these ideas can't be implemented eventually.

SneaK · February 23

Crossbow
Polearm
Whip

CaiWenji · February 23

Other

Wup_sa wrote: »

Flail

Righteous Justice! Lol

And I agree that every one of these weapon suggestions would bring some fresh life to the game. So I voted other, as there was no all option.

faerigirl · February 23

One-Handed & Focus

Alp wrote: »

I just desperately want a magicka weapon that isn't a staff.

Good grief I couldn't agree with you more!

I am a ranged player always. Whether it's majicka or stamina I play ranged and that bacially leaves me with a staff or a bow. I know you can hold some weapons and still be ranged but it isn't very good- IMO of course.

I have been here since alpha and love ESO but please oh please can we have some new weapons for magicka and stamina.

Please?

KingArthasMenethil · February 23

One-Handed & Focus

Realistically probably 1h and focus.

I don't see unarmed combat being a thing due to how the game is set up with item sets, enchants and poisons. Hand weapons sure but not unarmed combat.

In theory crossbow could work as long as you don't get everyone a motif of it as if my memory is working Crossbows were annoyingly limited to the Dwemer, Dawnguard and Imperials at least from what we've seen ingame. Crossbow got stuck being Dwemer tech and that's limited it and is another reason I don't like the dwemer when they hide stuff that shouldn't be that hidden (Crossbows are from antiquity).

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