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Would be cool if Blizzard added new Weapons to WoW
tro44_1
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I would like to see new Weapons catagories added to WoW, such as
Lances
Spears
Scythes
Whips
Spiked Ball on Chain (forgot what they called)
Rods
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I like all except the whips and chains...this isn't world of dominatrix.
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They have lances in the game, albeit in a limited role. You would need mounted combat in order to really impliment lances.
Spears would be a good addition, would be cool to have a Spartan look, 300 style.
*groan* Great, another set of Weapons to grind skill for...;)
they already have lances in the argent tournament. Spears are polearms. Scyths are sometimes staffs for casters and sometimes polearms (like from the winter event).
What would a rod be? They have fishing rods, and wands. Not sure what you mean by that.
What class would use the other >.> whips? wtf lol
They do have a scythe in the game but its from a holiday event and is only useful for lvl 70 toons if I remember right. Its from the Frost Lord guy in SP in outlands during the Midsummer festival.
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Spears would be a new Throwing weapon. Not pole Arm
Lances cant be used with Melee Attacks, so dont see why you bring the ATurn up. Lances (in my idea), would be similar to Spears, but as a 1 hander melee Weapon, like the Spatans.
Rods would be similar to staffs, but with a Range Magic Attack. Longer time bettween attack then Wands, but stronger.
Whips fit Hunters, and even Warlocks.
Scythes are sometimes animations for Staffs, but iam suggesting a new weapon type for it. Melee oriented class weapon.
I do think Blizzard focus to much on adding new races and classes instead of actually improve what they have.
New types of weapons is a great idea, and would bring alot more options and combat animations to the table.
And also why not a full graphic revamp of character models, mounts, npcs etc.
But I dont think they will do it.
They are settled with what they have and are focusing only on adding new content, not actually improving the one they have. It's a pity because a games evolution is not only to add, but also to improve
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Spears would be a new Throwing weapon. Not pole Arm
Lances cant be used with Melee Attacks, so dont see why you bring the ATurn up. Lances (in my idea), would be similar to Spears, but as a 1 hander melee Weapon, like the Spatans.
Rods would be similar to staffs, but with a Range Magic Attack. Longer time bettween attack then Wands, but stronger.
Whips fit Hunters, and even Warlocks.
Scythes are sometimes animations for Staffs, but iam suggesting a new weapon type for it. Melee oriented class weapon.
Traditionally a Rod is faster than a staff but offers less dmg per sec.The Rod traditionally offers a boost to healing magic where as a staff offers a boost to nuking magic.A staff would have bonus stats like INT of course for nuking ,where as a Rod would have a bonus to WIS and MP,for the healing.
The Whip was used in a few of the older RPG games.It was considered a caster class weapon.Basically the evil class used a Staff,the good class used a Mace/Rod all for melee.They used Slings for long range and the Whips were considered medium range weapons.Eventually the Whips would be the strongest weapon for casters,but took time to upgrade it .The Whip may hit for a little less than the melee weapons,but eventually it would upgrade to a multi hit weapon,hitting for 2/3/4/5 or 6 times in one turn.
Scythe would be different from a staff in that it would be a true offensive weapon,and traditionally used by the black arts,a Dark Knight,Shadow Knight,FFXI had a very limited use for the Black mage.It would be at least as slow as a staff weapon but offers much more melee damage and of course would again boost INT for a boost to the black arts or nuking power.
I guess a Lance could be a realistic weapon for the Paladin or any [non evil]knight type class.IN the grand daddy of RPG's Wizardry,the female only class of Valkyrie was the skilled Lance user.
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For the leech of a game that WoW is they have not implemented that. Surprising with how popular Turbine has made it that WoW hasn't stolen that yet as well. They are the game of unoriginal ideas, and mediocre implementation.
I'm ready for:
Staves and bows as tradeskill products. I don't care which tradeskill gets them.
Staff enchants that light up the whole staff.
Light sources added to "glowy" enchants.
Better fight animations on staves.
Nunchuks.
Glowy enchants for ammunition. Flaming arrows and tracers type stuff. LIght sources on those too.
Compound bows.
More plain ol' straight swords without oversized dragons and skulls mounted awkwardly on them. Just take the Reforged Truesilver Champion model and put it on high end weapons. I get tired of all the gaudy crap you have to wear/equip.
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They have throwing spears, but it is prettymuch a lowbie item
I can see warriors, paladin and shaman using flails, anyone who can equip a shield that is and maybe even deathknights.
Whips are just awesome but I only see rogues and hunters using them.
Scythes aren't real weapons to be honest, its just a farming tool that looks badass and has been made popular by fiction.
There are spears in the game but they are considered polearms
Lances are only useful if they add mounted combat, and there is an instance with mounted combat in it. Unless they allow mounted combat in the open world no need for this weapon.
What is a rod?
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A rod is pretty much just a mace.
The problem with spears being classified as polearms is that it is two handed use. In historical combat a spear was used in conjunction with a shield, for example the phalanx of ancient greece.
While different weapons are cool there isn't really much difference other than having a melee 1h weapon, a melee 2h weapon, a caster 1h weapon, and a caster 2h weapon. Until they design a combat system where the actual weapon differences make a gameplay difference (such as weapon length, weapon type vs armor type, and other variables) then it is just cosmetic.
Spears would be a new Throwing weapon. Not pole Arm
Lances cant be used with Melee Attacks, so dont see why you bring the ATurn up. Lances (in my idea), would be similar to Spears, but as a 1 hander melee Weapon, like the Spatans.
Rods would be similar to staffs, but with a Range Magic Attack. Longer time bettween attack then Wands, but stronger.
Whips fit Hunters, and even Warlocks.
Scythes are sometimes animations for Staffs, but iam suggesting a new weapon type for it. Melee oriented class weapon.
There are many types of spears, long spears, pikes, short spears, and yes throwing spears. There's even a weapon called a sword-staff which is kind of similar to a spear. I think it would be neat to see throwing spears in the game, though I would aim this towards a hunter's weapon; perhaps make it interchangeable, both melee and throwing.
The original lance was more of a throwing spear than for mounted combat. It wasn't until the feudal ages that it was used in jousting tournaments, etc.
I don't see your problem with rods, adding diversity can't hurt the game.
Whips I've seen in EQ, but it always struck it odd with me to use whips in combat than for slave-management or torture. Enlighten me if there have been whips in history created solely for combat.
Scythes seem to fit a character who wields magic but also has some combat prowess. WoW unfortunately has none designed that way so far. I would like to see it thouhg. Perhaps a scythe's dark theme would not only fit a warlock, but perhaps a rogue or deathknight.
What I think we need to see more of are flails and great-flails. Bring some more LOTR flare into the game