If this has already been suggested I'll graveyard it.
Who thinks we should be able to mess around with every gun, sword, bomb, shield, armour, helm in the game in Training hall. Basically when you enter Training hall you see those hero dudes from HoH. You simply go up to one and equip what they got. Then literally use it as much as you like. Obviously once you leave Training hall your gear gets reset.
Thoughts?
I actually quite like this idea to an extent, but there's also the fact that this potentially leaves less to be explored, and it demotes some of the "inferior" weapons when you can outright see a comparison between two weapons. +0 for now.
Weapons that aren't as numerically powerful can still be fun to use in their own right, and this would allow people to try out the mechanics of a new line before devoting resources to crafting it. I like it!
@ Usevnsevnsixfivfor; good point but that could work both ways. I'm also not to sure if I will like using the Biohazard, this way I can try before I buy :)
@ Pdtopgun; yep this guy gets it :)
I can either ask a friend to show me, or I can play with it myself. Same thing but at least I get to destroy some bots :)
I think they should have the next star in rank for there gear, like 2* knights have access to 3* weapons so they can try it out and decide which one to buy
Lot's of players already research, ask friends/guildmates/randoms for opinion of gear anyways, so most are aware of what's over/under powered already. Obviously any friend/guildmate's opinion or demonstration of an item doesn't take into account your personal preference/play style and this would allow players to determine that to an extent. Obviously the training halls are pretty limited in regards to situations it presents players to try stuff out so it won't allow a player to determine all the uses of an item, but still it is better than nothing.
It'd probably be simpler and easier to implement to just have one NPC by the desk in the middle hand everything out and then just have the list of items sort-able by name, * level, etc. as well as searchable. I guess the equipment limit would also make sense as under-powered 5* items are still under-powered at their respective lower levels compared to over-powered stuff so players wouldn't feel tricked into getting something with an inferior upgrade. Furthermore, it would keep the same incentive they currently have to rank up to try higher ranked items out.
This would allow knights to experiment with weapons that they don't have, but then that would make getting the item less fun, or even less likely to be obtained becuase you don't like the way VP works.