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    Default anyone notice the lack of unique weapons in MMO's?

    It seems like theres only basic weapons theres usually just long sword and greatswords, they never have like a short sword and a long sword and even a bastard sword, or some games dont even have axes or hammers, NO game every has a scythe which is like the coolest weapon of all time.

    And some games dont even have Maces or morningstar's id love to see a Glaive in a game i know some games use halberd's but the classes usually arent very fun. OH and i know Tera has the Lancer class.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deandog2000 View Post
    NO game every has a scythe which is like the coolest weapon of all time.
    Dervish, Guild Wars 1

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    I wish every game had rare weapons like PSOBB did.

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    I second that, but Seven Souls if im not mistaken does have chakrams and scythes for the mage class.

    But yeah i agree mmorpgs should have lots of weapons for diversification and more playability, i second scythes and throwable chakrams ( like kingdoms of amalur mage class)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    Dervish, Guild Wars 1
    And Priston Tale pikeman

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    vindictus has them

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    Rusty Hearts has scythes as well.

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    D2 and D3 has them...
    Vindictus has them...
    Maple has snowboards...
    and suitcases
    and purses
    and umbrella ella ella eh? eh? eh?....
    =[♠][♥][♣][♦]=

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    Do they have penis?

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    Don't forget Maplestory's best weapon ever:


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    WoW has just about all weapon types.

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    And when you actually look at all the posted here with the said game names theyre all pretty bad.. beside Priston Tale of course

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skarcrow View Post
    And when you actually look at all the posted here with the said game names theyre all pretty bad.. beside Priston Tale of course
    haha exactly. I havent played D3 or D2.

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    What........ Priston Tale..... Guild Wars......... Personal Opinion? I don't know but, Priston Tale wins, gw suck.

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    Priston Tale a good game?
    ....

    HAHAHAHAH

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    His thread isn't "What game is better with unique weapons." Stop saying GW sucks, and stop saying Priston Tale is great, or vice versa. Stay on topic.


    I think scythes are quite honestly my favorite, but then again, my favorite class Necromancer is hardly used either.

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    lolwut, so it's favorite weapon now?

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    on topic..
    TERA has unique weapons especially the sorcerers and lancers weapon.
    lance and shield instead of s&b
    a frisbee for a magician type? i have not seen it any game before..

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    Quote Originally Posted by deandog2000 View Post
    It seems like theres only basic weapons theres usually just long sword and greatswords, they never have like a short sword and a long sword and even a bastard sword, or some games dont even have axes or hammers, NO game every has a scythe which is like the coolest weapon of all time.
    They don't typically go to deep into creating specific classes based on particular weapons, just usually based on their method of use and manner of wielding. Very rarely will you ever even see mmo's differentiate between single edged/double edged or straight edge/curved edge weapons and the fighting styles associated with them. it's typically 1 handed, two handed, dual wielded, thrown, ranged, etc. I kind of wish they would though.

    Among swords though thrusting types, such as rapiers, are pretty rare in MMO's (some games have a few in there but they are not treated as a true thrusting weapon). I can't think of too many games that have a class dedicated to that type of combat. They do the same thing with flails and the ones that are added in are typically treated as maces.

    However, none of the weapons you listed are technically "unique" since many games have them, even if each individual game doesn't have the entire collection. Wouldn't a unique weapon be one that is only found in a particular game? And yes many MMO's have special weapons, odd stuff like lightbulbs, candy canes, brooms but even then they are still classified by the weapon types present in the game. They are not unique weapon types or even uncommon based on their use.

    Quote Originally Posted by Viney1 View Post
    Dragon Nest KR will be getting a class that uses Chakrams/Fans (in KR version) soon enough. That's a unique weapon type.

    I'd like to see some games with even more unique weapons.. I remember playing DW2 and playing on this guy that used a Deck of Cards as a weapon. :P
    Cards have been used in Phantasy Star and Seal Online (Jesters started off using Darts, which themselves are uncommon for thrown weapons, then moved up to Cards). Fans and Chakrams are popular in games set in Asia though, like World of Kung Fu. Phantasy Star had fans too but in that game they were not melee weapons, they sent out homing projectiles. Slicers in PSU might be unique weapons though I'm not sure.



    Maplestory had fans but treated them as a dagger. You guys remember the Korean Fan?


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    What about combinations of weapons used in dual wielding?

    Dual Axe is unique. Dual Wand (Never seen it except in Path of Exile) is very unique. Dual Crossbows is unique (Diablo 3 uses it).

    A weapon type I don't see often is Boomerang and/or Slingshot (Perfect World has Slingshot. Thang Online has both).

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    You know what we need?
    Dual Shields. Only MMO I've seen with dual shields was Rumble Fighter, as for RPG's, Dark Souls and Demon Souls.

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