Forums › English Language Forums › General › Suggestions

Search

Weapon Suggestion: Prismatic Blade

9 replies [Last post]
Wed, 12/07/2011 - 05:21
Mejezfeld's picture
Mejezfeld

What's it called now?: "Prismatic blade"

What's it look like?: It consists of a black blade (it could resemble a khanda), but it's covered in glowing runes and symbols in a similar style to the "Seal" on the Avenger/Faust (and formerly the Sealed Sword). the runes glow in a way similar to the "Edge" weapons, and have the same color as the player's Personal color.

How's it work?: I think it should have a 4-hit combo (if only because there are no weapons with a combo like that), sound like an electric razor in a metal bowl, do pure elemental damage, and the charge should either be a Fang of Vog styled Spin or it should shoot a Pulsar-esque expanding projectile... or maybe it can shoot an attack similar to a Zombie's breath attack, you comment which one you'd like better.

Why?: Because there are no purely elemental melee weapons (apart from the Flourish line there are NO other weapons that do purely any non-normal damage), and if you want the aesthetics of the Shocking Edge and Searing Edge weapons, well too bad, they're useless outside of Tier 1 and really early parts of Tier 2, and their replacements, the elemental Brandishes, look kinda weird at 4* and 5* with the bifurcation and the lazer in the middle. That and you now have to upgrade the Sealed Sword if you want a sword with glowy bits that actually look decent. Also NONE of the weaponry in the game ever uses your personal color.

Yeah, that's what I got. Tell me what you think

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 06:08
#1
Juances's picture
Juances
the reason there's no pure

the reason there's no pure elemental/shadow weapons is because the current split swords will look weak.
Also keep in mind flourish has an enormous beast/fiend killing power

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 07:19
#2
Mejezfeld's picture
Mejezfeld
Except that outside of poking

Except that outside of poking Fiends and Beasts to death, the Flourish line is... well, Constructs are EVERYWHERE, and Jellies aren't rare either.

okay nevermind, I see your point about the pure Elemental damage, but the point about aesthetics still stands.

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 08:13
#3
Juances's picture
Juances
you'll hate me for this

Avenger is almost always chosen because of single-hit damage and reach/charge, brandish is chosen for the status/more dps.
I guess since this has a longer combo, each hit will be weaker.
May I suggest adding poison/stun so it has some use? Or it should come with a nice starting bonus.

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 23:41
#4
Mejezfeld's picture
Mejezfeld
I was gonna suggest a status

I was gonna suggest a status for this, but couldn't figure out what status to give it without it becoming redundant with the other lines.

But seeing as this is pretty much a special snowflake sue weapon I think giving it a small chance to Stun would be nice, seeing as aside from the Haze bombs nothing in this game does Elemental damage and Stun (I think...).

Thu, 12/08/2011 - 00:35
#5
Fropps's picture
Fropps
Maybe.

Maybe your personal colour affects the status!

Thu, 12/08/2011 - 12:06
#6
Mejezfeld's picture
Mejezfeld
@fropps

The problem with that is... unless the status each color gets is carefully chosen, it would end up with one particular status effect being prevalent in the game and thus breaking it...

That and I don't think OOO will ever use Personal Colors for anything more than an aesthetics purpose.

Thu, 12/08/2011 - 18:56
#7
Heavy-Duty's picture
Heavy-Duty
...

Perhaps it would only be an aesthetic sword? Does all damage types(Neutral Damage in all), but relatively weak and only 3*? It is prismatic, so I was thinking it would be mainly for aesthetic purposes, don't ye think? maybe this won't work though...

Fri, 12/09/2011 - 11:29
#8
Effrul's picture
Effrul
@Heavy-Duty I can't imagine

@Heavy-Duty
I can't imagine anyone actually using such an intentionally crippled device.

Fri, 12/09/2011 - 12:45
#9
Mejezfeld's picture
Mejezfeld
Okay... Pure Elemental 4-hit

Okay...

Pure Elemental
4-hit combo
Chance to cause Stun
Charge attack is a Pulsar-esque projectile

Alchemy line:
-Starts as an "Edge"/Mechaknight sword type weapon with your personal color being used only along the edge of the blade
-the Personal colored bits become more elaborate and rune-like (like an Avenger/Faust Seal) as the sword is upgraded

Powered by Drupal, an open source content management system