Weapon Sheaths-? for Avery or whoever

safwd

I remember seeing sheaths in a AOC video awhile back but i dont see them in any of the new ones.

Are they in game? Have i just missed them?

Man i hope they are, that is the one little thing that i have been wanting for a long time now.

AmazingAvery

Well there is a quote back from jan 3rd 2006:

It's too early to say really, we have several "sheath" slots available, but we want to minimize the collisions so to speak. If you have a big axe, a shield and a javelin, it will look pretty cramped on your back. We could fix the locations so that all right-hand weapons go to the left hip when sheathed, but that's a bit dull... we have a batch of art assets for weapons coming sometime in january, so I guess we'll simply see how bad the mesh collision really is then. I agree that it would be sweet to have multiple weapons visibly shown, but I can't promise anything. We'll make an effort tho. __________________ DaveDread Game Designer - Age of Conan "killing players so mobs don't have to."

 

I'm pretty sure they are in, have seen a few in some videos (I think Mage dagger sheath on belt). Not really so for some larger weapons, I guess it might be a bit impractical for the size and shape of some such as the Stygian One Hander.

safwd

I agree that it would not make sense for some weapons that will be in game. And it could be a problem if they are going to allow multiple weapons shown at once.

Im pretty sure i remember a video (dont ask me to look for it because i have no idea where) that had a sheath on the hip for a longsword type weapon, definetly bigger then a dagger and the guy was wearing armor.

I would love to see a sheath option on each hip and one on the back for 2H weapons but i can see how it might not work for huge 2H weapons if they are in game.

bachanam

might be just me, but i always thought the real world physics when determining a sheath/shield was the best way to go about it

 

you can fit anything shorter than a 3ft blade on a belt-sheath whether its on both hips or not, you can also have a shield and a back-sheath at the same time *look at respective old-world and newage drawings*

 

the shield/back-sheath combo was always a nice one to see, guy would have his longsword sheath at his hip, his shield mounted on his back, and inside the shield running along his spine was his 2h sword sheath, now you cant have a back-sheath and ride a horse, assuming you reserve back-sheaths for the longer heavier blades cause well it would pull up on your shirt/armor while it stabbed the horses rear-end

 

and some smaller shields were sometimes mountain on the side of a belt aswell, if they have trouble deciding where something Should go, since they have a little bit of time to decide before that 'art batch' arrives, how about this suggstion to the devs?

 

 

Set a list of realistic inventory options, make the player decide if he wants to be hunkered down with a shield on one hip, a sheath on another or both hips and no hip-sheald, 2 sheaths on the back or 1 sheath on the back and a shield on the back or 1 shield or just 1 back shield or 1 back sheath

 

set it by size and realistic fitting *go buy some toy stuff and see how well it works if you really cant figure it out* and then let the player chose where to place the objects themselves, this will also give a realistic inventory saying they cant fit a sword/shield in their backpack *woot*

 

just a suggestion

AmazingAvery

Good suggestions

Someone also pointed out on the official forums:

"They have sheaths and scabbards for at least some of the appropriate weapons. We've also seen in videos an animation for fastening a mace to strap on the back (strap probably isn't visible)."

I'll see if I can find said video