The Armory

[BurtHutt]

I think an easy add that will line up nicely with toon customization is having an option to add weapons. So, nothing big or epic is my thinking. These would have the same damage and parameters as the Black Wand and Nemesis Staff that're now handed out at the START vendors.

 

I'd suggest having them non-slotted and just be able to add them as players like. Perhaps you have to do an unlock mission and you can only access these after something like level 15 etc.

 

It'd be nice to have something like a sword, gun, rifle etc. to add to a toon just to finish off the look/concept.

[biostem]

1 minute ago, BurtHutt said:

I think an easy add that will line up nicely with toon customization is having an option to add weapons. So, nothing big or epic is my thinking. These would have the same damage and parameters as the Black Wand and Nemesis Staff that're now handed out at the START vendors.

 

I'd suggest having them non-slotted and just be able to add them as players like. Perhaps you have to do an unlock mission and you can only access these after something like level 15 etc.

 

It'd be nice to have something like a sword, gun, rifle etc. to add to a toon just to finish off the look/concept.

There are some weapons already available via START.  Are you looking to be able to take these powers then have them as part of that character's costume, or just to add more temporary weapon-based powers?

[BurtHutt]

I would suggest adding more weapons with a variety of looks. Maybe some new looks.

 

For example, you can add the sword power and then have the option to pick the sword style you like. No slots, same damage range as the Wand and Staff. It's more for cosmetic looks/reasons. Maybe make it colorable as well.

 

I find there is so little added by way of customizing your toon and this might be a little add that is realistic. 

[biostem]

19 hours ago, BurtHutt said:

For example, you can add the sword power and then have the option to pick the sword style you like. No slots, same damage range as the Wand and Staff. It's more for cosmetic looks/reasons. Maybe make it colorable as well.

Do you mean like there would be temp powers from the START vendor for each of the various weapon models that exist in-game, or do you mean, for instance, that you take the katana temp power, and now you can select to display and/or customize if and how that katana appears on your character model, like as if you had the katana power set?

Edited Wednesday at 07:54 PM by biostem

[Gerswin]

I love this idea.  Essentially you would get to pick a melee weapon that does sands of mu or undead slaying axe damage and animation, but cosmetically is a weapon animation.  You could also pick a ranged attack that does blackwand or nem staff damage, but cosmetically it could look like shooting a gun, blasting a flamethrower, throwing a dart. or firing a crossbow. Switching would be no big deal because you aren't really changing combat capability.

 

The most critical part would be that you need weapon customization. The generic models are kinda boring.  I love the idea of a costume-completing weapon that actually works.

[Chris24601]

To refine this a bit, I think expanding on the pick three of four free START vendor weapons would be a nice QoL option. Tuned appropriately there’d be nothing wrong with more options there.

 

Some immediate thoughts that spring to my mind are the Rune spell and Iron Sword from the Croatoa arcs and the temp power weapons from the Zig Breakout zone event in Brickstown.