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faergorr
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I wonder, what weapon types are there?
From what I have seen:
Cleric had a scepter,
Great weapon fighter a two handed sword,
Rogue had daggers,
Guardian fighter had a sword and shield, and
Mage has an orb,
Is that it, nothing else? Is every class stuck with one and only weapon type?
If that is the case, then that seriously sucks. Forgotten realms had always tons of different weapon types, 39 to be more precise, and getting only one single weapon type for each class would be a huge downside.
Also, not sure why is great weapon fighter called great WEAPON fighter (and not a great sword fighter), if he has only great sword, and that is it. Btw, even in Neverwinter cinematic, they promote a two handed axe (we can see a warrior in plate armor wielding huge axe), and yet there is none.
I hope cryptic is going to change that soon.
Just to let you know about all the weapon types in Forgotten realms, this is the list:
Simple proficiency weapons: club, dagger, mace, sickle, spear, morningstar, quarterstaff, light and heavy crossbows, dart, and sling.
Martial proficiency weapons: battleaxe, greataxe, greatsword, halberd, handaxe, heavy flail, light flail, light hammer, longbow, longsword, rapier, scimitar, shortsword, shortbow, throwing axe, trident, and warhammer.
Exotic proficiency weapons:
b astard sword, dire mace, dwarven waraxe*, double axe, kama, katana, kukri, scythe, shuriken, whip*, and two-bladed sword
And what did we get? 5 weapon types out of 39. All 39 weapon types were available in 10 year old game, that was released in 2003, and everything was balanced. Now, it is 10 years later, 2013, and we get 5 weapon types out of 39, and yet there are balance issues, even now.
If couple of different weapon types were available for each class, that would be awesome.
From what I have seen:
Cleric had a scepter,
Great weapon fighter a two handed sword,
Rogue had daggers,
Guardian fighter had a sword and shield, and
Mage has an orb,
Is that it, nothing else? Is every class stuck with one and only weapon type?
If that is the case, then that seriously sucks. Forgotten realms had always tons of different weapon types, 39 to be more precise, and getting only one single weapon type for each class would be a huge downside.
Also, not sure why is great weapon fighter called great WEAPON fighter (and not a great sword fighter), if he has only great sword, and that is it. Btw, even in Neverwinter cinematic, they promote a two handed axe (we can see a warrior in plate armor wielding huge axe), and yet there is none.
I hope cryptic is going to change that soon.
Just to let you know about all the weapon types in Forgotten realms, this is the list:
Simple proficiency weapons: club, dagger, mace, sickle, spear, morningstar, quarterstaff, light and heavy crossbows, dart, and sling.
Martial proficiency weapons: battleaxe, greataxe, greatsword, halberd, handaxe, heavy flail, light flail, light hammer, longbow, longsword, rapier, scimitar, shortsword, shortbow, throwing axe, trident, and warhammer.
Exotic proficiency weapons:
b astard sword, dire mace, dwarven waraxe*, double axe, kama, katana, kukri, scythe, shuriken, whip*, and two-bladed sword
And what did we get? 5 weapon types out of 39. All 39 weapon types were available in 10 year old game, that was released in 2003, and everything was balanced. Now, it is 10 years later, 2013, and we get 5 weapon types out of 39, and yet there are balance issues, even now.
If couple of different weapon types were available for each class, that would be awesome.
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We need more variations and customization through weapons, so we all would be different. I do not like to look like everyone else. Also every class would play differently with different weapon type, take for example Guild Wars 2, that is a nice example
I doubt that is what OP was getting at but i think you just need a reason to moan about how bad the game 'sux' (it is 'sucks by' the way).
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Also, the names of the classes are just downright..silly. Maybe its something within the D&D universe..but a..GREAT WEAPON FIGHTER ZOMG!. Come on. Do we need three words to describe this class? Cant it just be "Warrior". Trickster rogue...why? Cant it just be Rogue? Devoted Cleric..cant it just be Cleric? Much simpler, less corny.
It's because they are going off of many elements of 4th edition D&D when they made the game, so they decided (for some strange reason) to make separate builds of a class into separate classes altogether, thus the different fighters etc. I think it's kind of lame, I feel shoe-horned as a control wizard. Control is all I'll ever do, or at least it feels that way otherwise why make two separate fighters?