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Difference between winter blade and winter dagger?

thesensaithesensai Member Posts: 637 Arc User
edited December 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
There are two different cosmetic daggers for trickster rogue. Sparkling winter blade and sparkling winter dagger.

Why? What is the difference? I dual wield 2 'daggers' that say dagger in their name, and 'blade' in the item info.

What is the difference between these cosmic items? Will getting one screw me if I want to apply it to a specific dagger?

Appreciate any info. =)
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  • tornnomartornnomar Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 400 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    They are basically the same thing as a dagger and its parrying blade. Some TR weapon sets come as the Main Hand Dagger and the Off Hand Parrying blade.

    Was considering them myself. Bought a Scarf instead.
  • thesensaithesensai Member Posts: 637 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    so, the 'blade' one, is for the one that doesn't say 'main hand only' on it? Despite the fact both my 'daggers' say blade in their white text? (one also says 'main hand' in addition to blade)
  • destinyknightdestinyknight Member Posts: 962 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    thesensai wrote: »
    so, the 'blade' one, is for the one that doesn't say 'main hand only' on it? Despite the fact both my 'daggers' say blade in their white text? (one also says 'main hand' in addition to blade)

    The one that says main hand only means that that weapon can ONLY be equipped to the main hand. Where as the other that doesnt, can be equipped in either or.

    I dont know how this translates to transmutation, as I havent actually ever transmuted daggers.

    but this could go two ways.

    1) The dagger labeled "main hand" only applies to the weapon itself. (being its a level 1 weapon) and doesnt really matter in sake of transmutation.

    2) The dagger labeled main hand can only be transmuted to other main hand daggers. Where the dagger not labeled main hand can be transmuted to any dagger.

    My guess would be the first. since its only a cosmetic appearance. If you're going to buy the daggers anyway, I would suggest buying the main hand first, and trying to transmute it to your offhand dagger (dont actually confirm it, just see if its doable if you dont want it as main hand transmuted dagger.)


    Edit:
    Upon inspecting within the game. They are both none main hand. So they can be in either or.

    but by thier icon graphic, one blade seems to be inverted and the other normal. So perhaps that is the difference.

    The dagger faces a different direction than the blade.
  • thesensaithesensai Member Posts: 637 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    so this is a bug then? just a duplicate transmute item with a messed up icon? Or does it matter which one I get? The weapon rack only displays one dagger, not two different ones. Really don't want to blow 850 lights on something that wont work.

    My main hand is the delzune dagger, and my offhand is a purple dagger. Which transmute do I need for my offhand?
  • destinyknightdestinyknight Member Posts: 962 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    As I said. They are the same dagger. The difference is one is inverted, the other one isnt.

    meaning one dagger is normal, the other is backwards. That is all. Its for alteration of variety. Can chose to have one backwards blade, one right, or two right sided blades, or two backwards blades.

    So Im sure its not a bug, just options to give rogues variety in how they hold thier dagger transmutes.

    Neither are main hand only weapons, so you can use either one for either hand.
  • eldartheldarth Member Posts: 4,494 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Here's an example image -- offhand reversed blade style

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  • dardovedardove Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    There is no difference. Here is two screenshots. One has the blade in the main hand and one has the dagger in the main hand.

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    They did the same thing with the daggers that drop out of the new skirmish. Two transmutation weapons, both the same look with inverted icons. So it is not a bug, and how they intended it for whatever reason. Both look the same and will transmute items to look the same as well.

    All rogue weapons will face forward when equipped in the main hand and will face backwards when equipped in the off hand because this is how the animations for TR powers were designed.
  • dndmasterdarkdndmasterdark Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    I know in crafting weapons "blade" is for the Hunter Ranger...Is this not the case here?
    Upon re-reading this post and the poster above me, that is wierd. I dunno. Maybe I am completely mistaken when it comes to "blade" being for hunters.
  • thesensaithesensai Member Posts: 637 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Ha. so basically it is totally redundant, and totally confusing. Thanks Cryptic!
  • dardovedardove Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    dndmasterdark wrote: »
    I know in crafting weapons "blade" is for the Hunter Ranger...Is this not the case here?
    Upon re-reading this post and the poster above me, that is wierd. I dunno. Maybe I am completely mistaken when it comes to "blade" being for hunters.

    The hunter ranger off-hand weapon is always plural. So it would be blades not blade.
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