What weapon would you like to see in MO?

[Rake]

Originally Posted by Angrybarrel

Whip Never really seen a whip in a game and it would be awesome to use one.

EQ had whips/lashes and i can't recall them in any other game, hence my lash suggestion above.

[JackofBlades]

rapiers, gladiator weapons for gore and fun(sica, trident and net),
katanas, naginata and ability to use your shield as a succesful weapon.
There are others but these are the best.

[Captain_Dread]

A net.

Dual wielding hand crossbows bolts/poison.

An Atlatl.

A Blow gun and darts.

A Boomerang.

A Ketch-all staff pole.

Numchucks.

.30-378 Weatherby Magnum

[morv]

Poisoned golden throwing knives.

[Opus V]

Originally Posted by majehz

i would like to see duel-wielded, double-edged blades, that would be nice since u can attack faster with them than using a sword, but it would be wise to make them slightly weaker than sword since they r faster

actually, 2 handed weapons are faster than dual weilding, and stronger. Traditionally the only real advantage to dual weilding is being able to block and attack at the same exact time with either hand...basically you have a lot of flexibility in combat, there isn't much of an advantage outside of that. You get tired faster, your speed is reduced by more than half when dual weilding instead of using 2 hands on one weapon, and you don't hit nearly as hard.

As far as weapons, i'd like to see a variety of spears or polearms, and i'd like to see dual weilding used as it traditionally was used, not as video games have made it out to be.

[Peeder]

I love one handed spears with a shield. A combo of hit them in the chest with a stiff shield blow and then gouge them in the eye with my spear.

[morv]

Well, you can make a custom item for myself as long as I'm getting my own race.
Morv's Two-handed spiked Ginormous Warhammer!

[Ramhorn]

a chain weapon could be interesting,
pole arms and spears would be cool,

i hope that you cant carry to many weapons, ie a main weapon and one other.
not a game were you are a walking armoury

[Demetrios]

1. Some sort of a toothed, fantasy like claymore.
2. Lances that could only be used once.
3. Sweeney Todd razors

[c0ke]

A HUGE 2 handed axe, i really mean HUGE! :P But the game is aiming for realism, so... :P

[rapier17]

Originally Posted by c0ke

A HUGE 2 handed axe, i really mean HUGE! :P But the game is aiming for realism, so... :P

Dane axe? 2-handed, 6 foot long haft, 1 foot 6 inch length cutting edge on the head? That'll do me too!

[Reclusiarch]

* Shields with iron spikes
* Crossbows (and crossbow pistols)
* Throwing knives
* Maces
* Flails

That's all from me!

[Kadiss]

Lochaber axes
Throwing axes (hurlbats!)
Fauchards
Spontoons
Throwing spears (pilums etc)

[Pancerny]

*Medieval swords and axes
*Bows
*Crossbows
*Spears
*Pikes for cavalary
*Spiked shields
*Battle scythes
*Rapiers
*Ballists/Scorpions as a stationary weapons
*Warhammers

[Svenny]

Anything exotic and unique is welcome in my book Some cool looking maces, hammers, daggers and throwing weapons is something I would love to see in the game.

[kylann]

Ivy's cool Chain-Whip-Sword Weapon from Soul Caliber. Unrealistic I believe, but awesome.

[Mitanius]

Halberds, throwing axes/knives crossbows, blowguns(:P) chu ko nu(repeating crossbow) longbow

[Die_Scream]

I'd like a scythe with the keen edge. Bastard sword, Kurki, katana, mace, war axe. Typical fair.

[Kasper]

Garrot|

[Ramhorn]

Originally Posted by Kasper

Garrot|

lol that would be cool

[Mitanius]

a 'gnome/dwarf' thats a ranged weapon, you punt it and it flies towards your enemy, stunning the enemy and causing damage over time(the retched thing bites at the enemy once landed)

[saxby]

Games seem to be agaisnt spear and shield combo and instead make people use their spears 2 handed :s I don't know whats up with that as spear/shield was one of the most used weapon combatations of all times and its pikes not short spears that require two hands. I would love to see this in and an end to the lame 2 handed spear...

[Die_Scream]

Originally Posted by saxby

Games seem to be agaisnt spear and shield combo and instead make people use their spears 2 handed :s I don't know whats up with that as spear/shield was one of the most used weapon combatations of all times and its pikes not short spears that require two hands. I would love to see this in and an end to the lame 2 handed spear...

I just watched "300" again tonight, I agree, a spear thrust/throw with a shield be be nice.

[Kasper]

Phallus

[Erikas]

http://www.elfwood.com/~kuzey/Battle_Axe.2932140.html

well this would be nice to see ingame
looks really nice

also the other weapons of this artist are preety good

here are another one
http://www.elfwood.com/~michaelbo/Dragon_Axe.3042075.html
http://www.elfwood.com/~michaelbo/Broughtsword.3042067.html

[Mitanius]

Originally Posted by saxby

Games seem to be agaisnt spear and shield combo and instead make people use their spears 2 handed :s I don't know whats up with that as spear/shield was one of the most used weapon combatations of all times and its pikes not short spears that require two hands. I would love to see this in and an end to the lame 2 handed spear...

While I agree shield and spear was a very common and easy to use setup for a footsoldier, two handed shorter spears should'nt be thrown out of the window - take a look at a chinese spearman and you'll know what I mean.

[rapier17]

Originally Posted by saxby

Games seem to be agaisnt spear and shield combo and instead make people use their spears 2 handed :s I don't know whats up with that as spear/shield was one of the most used weapon combatations of all times and its pikes not short spears that require two hands. I would love to see this in and an end to the lame 2 handed spear...

I think its down to how most games make the 2H spear powerful and make shields highly defensive. Put the two together and in theory, or at least in PnP systems/a lot of RPGs, you could have a character with a long reach powerful weapon and a highly defensive shield.



As you can see from the picture, taken years ago, I am wielding a 2H spear
& shield whilst the chap to my right has just a 2H spear. It would depend on your fighting style. Spear + shield are great if you're in a shield wall. If you're not, 2H spear on its own gives greater mobility whilst allowing you to use it as a quarter-stave & spear, giving greater offensive options.

So I agree with this suggestion <nods>

[Mitanius]

Generally, 2h spear in my eyes is useless unless in a skirmish/ambush or a line of them against cavalry. 1h and shield gives massive defence against both ranged and melee, and also allows for the soldier to fight offensively well.

[silent]

i tink all kind of slashing, smashing and range weapons

[Aethaeryn]

Originally Posted by Technique

I'd also like to see Warhammers, Maces, Flails, short spears,

I hope to see these as well. . especially the larger crushing weapons. From what I understand they will be crafted in parts. . .so chose the pole length and then throw an end on. . ie. . long pole. . curved blade at the end. . long pole. . double headed hammer on the end etc.

I hope this is how it turns out. I think Mats has most to do with this if I am correct.

[rayne58]

I wana see Katar's and fist weapons.

[Kzang]

Originally Posted by Technique

I searched around a bit, but couldn't find a thread devoted to weapons alone. Saw a thread about throwing weapons, or archery, but that's all pretty specific and also talks a lot about how to implement this ingame. This thread is simple: What weapon(s) do you really want in MO? I'll start easy:

Katana: Fast and powerfull! Would be great if Dual wielded katana's would be an option. Draw attack would also be very nice. Wait for the opponent till he's close with your katana sheated. And then strike like a lightning bold! Should cost a lot of stamina.

I would be happy if MO would be the 3D world of UO. I'm not saying that MO should or will be like UO, because they are two seperate games. I'm just enjoyed all the fluff, mechanics, and etc in UO.

Such as:
Mounts (Not required to ride one, and were relatively easy to get)
Taming (I LOVE taming, and I feel it was balanced in UO....Dragons were powerful, but easily killed by a person if they knew what they were doing)
Magic (Not required to have, not too overly overpowered, and easy to level up)
Bardic (Peacekeeping and provoking was amazing fun to play around with....even if I didn't get to loot the monsters I killed using with it)
Archery (Easy, simple, cheap to use)
Crafting (Easy and simple. Make a name for yourself by the armor/etc you made.
Gear (Easy to obtain, worth wearing it, and no worries if you lost it)
Housing (Some of the best memories I have were sitting around a buddy's house, fighting around it, and stealing houses/loot in it)
Stealing (Pickpocketing was great and added flavor to the game)
Recall Stones (Recall made it easy to recall whenever you marked a rune at. Travel was quick and easy)
Portals (Also made travel easier and PK spots)

And many more things that are too many to list. All these add up to a good economy, easy to travel, fluff to add flavor, PvE easy and difficult, PK was easy and difficult, equipment, ammo, and reagents were not overly difficult to obtain, and above all else, VARIETY!

[Craxyninja]

Lances, super hard to aim on horse back but do tons of damage/ knock people back.

[Grackus]

Originally Posted by Neli

I want a heavy club shaped like male genitalia

This made me laugh, but mainly because it reminds me of a true story of an incident that happened in my home city a month ago where a group of people from a bachelorette party were moving around the bar scene down town and one of the guys with them happened to have a large dildo about 3-4 feet long.

Anyway they were making allot of noise and were confronted by a mounted policemen. The guy with the dildo was pretty drunk and had it in his head for some reason to slap the horse on the ass with his dildo. Anyway this startled the horse and caused a scene. They were all arrested.

I'm not sure what the man ended up getting arrested for but I do wonder about his future resumes seeing how assaulting an officer of the law is a felony, maybe even sexual assault I'm not sure.

[Kiba Windrunner]

Tribal staves. Love those things. Hope they're full of feathers with different skulls of animals on the top.

[Fresnel]

I want a staff that is freaking useful. Not just something for a mage to lean on. A staff used properly is a very effective and fast weapon for attack and defense. This idea can be extended to those who want spears as well, after all a spear is just a pointy staff. but a staff should act more like dual wielding weapons then a 2handed weapon. Of course the 2nd attack will come from the opposite side then the main attack, which could cause some issues with how dual wielding is currently getting handled.

[solagratia]

I agree with the earlier poster who suggested whips. Whips are awesome.

[laughing_hyena]

Tons of weapons I'd love to see in MO....
No specific order:

Atlantean Sword (Yeah, it's what Conan the Barbarian used)

Sica (Curved sword with 16-18 inch blade, useful for passing shields, possible better at fighting someone with a shield if you use sica? small effect to shield usages? Perhaps erase auto-blocking from opponent when wielding?)

Khopesh (Sickle Sword)

Pata (Sword Gauntlet, as seen in the movie 'Willow', Mad Martigan ftw)

Trident/Net (Not a fan of CC so possibly net would be a bad idea)

Cestus, Katar, (Fist weapons, first is leather straps with like metal studs or spikes, Katar is like what Voldo uses in the Soul Calibur games)

Ninjato/Katana/Wakizashi

Javelin (More throwable weapons)

Spears (Long, Short, and everything in between)

Bastard Swords, Broadswords, Cutlass, Scimitars, Falchions, Daggers, Dirks, Rapiers, Foils (w various variations), Parry Daggers, Knives, Flyssa (used to break open chainmail), Kris, Viking Swords, Arming Swords, Long Swords, Gladius, various other blades used for slicing and thrusting.

Shields w various designs, sizes, impact ability(for shield bashing)

Halberd, Bardiche, Glaive, various other Pole arms perhaps.

Quarter Staffs, Bo Staffs, various other staffs/staves.

Falcata (one edged blade that pitches forward towards the point, the edge being concave on the lower part of the sword, but convex on top).

Axes, Battle Axes, Great Axes, Hatchet, Broad Axe,

Mauls, Flails, Morning Stars, Warhammer, Pickaxe, Crowbill, Clubs, Mace, Flanged Mace, Sceptars,

Flambard, Greatsword, Zweihander,

Short Bows, Composite Bows, Long Bows, Crossbows, Heavy Crossbows, Light Crossbows, etc

There are a lot of weapons out there that could be in MO, I personally would love to see a lot but nothing too far into the future such as gunpowder etc.

Pretty much any weapon in Ultima Online early years would be fine with me.

[laughing_hyena]

Originally Posted by saxby

Games seem to be agaisnt spear and shield combo and instead make people use their spears 2 handed :s I don't know whats up with that as spear/shield was one of the most used weapon combatations of all times and its pikes not short spears that require two hands. I would love to see this in and an end to the lame 2 handed spear...

Matter of fact: Spartans had warriors that would use 2 spears at the same time...dual wielding spears...they could even throw them both at the same time, with less accuracy and power in their offhand but still accurate enough to hit someone 20 feet away.

[attilio]

brass knuckles, that 1/2 crescent blade xena uses, and whips.