I'm not sure I'm following your complaint. Are you saying you chose Katana over Dual Blades because you wanted a specific weapon?
I think you're correct in that Dual Blades has more options, both standard and unlockable, but I don't think that's a recent change. Weapon Customization was added about 2.5 years ago, so this information has been out there for quite a while.
I disagree that Dual Blades looks better than Katana, since I tend to like quite a lot of the powers and animations in this game. (The exception being anything Stone.) But that's something we each decide based on our own preferences. Maybe instead of another Stalker, you can roll a Brute or Scrapper who use Dual Blades. I actually prefer those over Stalkers, and they will definitely give you a different feeling as you play through the character.
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Yes. I chose the Ninja Sword style because it was the only one that had access to the Vanguard Katana at that time, at-least according to paragon wiki. Now I look again, right when I am about to get the katana to find that the soul reason I didn't go two swords is now gone, and to top it off they got the best of both worlds too. I am more than a little demotivated.|
Originally Posted by Ironik
I'm not sure I'm following your complaint. Are you saying you chose Katana over Dual Blades because you wanted a specific weapon?
I think you're correct in that Dual Blades has more options, both standard and unlockable, but I don't think that's a recent change. Weapon Customization was added about 2.5 years ago, so this information has been out there for quite a while. I disagree that Dual Blades looks better than Katana, since I tend to like quite a lot of the powers and animations in this game. (The exception being anything Stone.) But that's something we each decide based on our own preferences. Maybe instead of another Stalker, you can roll a Brute or Scrapper who use Dual Blades. I actually prefer those over Stalkers, and they will definitely give you a different feeling as you play through the character. To help you plan your next toon, see http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page |
P.S. The problem is NOT that I did not do the proper research, as I DID do that via the very site you suggested. In-fact, I didn't do proper research at the start, as I re-started it at level 10 back to level 1 from Two Sword to Ninja Sword, just so I could have the Vanguard Katana.
The Talsorian sword being available for DB was a relatively new thing, compared to the Katana. Sorry your concept character was totally ruined by the game getting more options. Enjoy your 'superior-to-DualBlades-performance' Stalker.
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So Ninja Sword works better than the Dual Blades?
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Originally Posted by Suichiro
The Talsorian sword being available for DB was a relatively new thing, compared to the Katana. Sorry your concept character was totally ruined by the game getting more options. Enjoy your 'superior-to-DualBlades-performance' Stalker.
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Ninja Sword is the Stalker version of Katana. Katana, as I only recently discovered, is pretty badd-***. I now have a Katan Scrapper and a Ninja Blade Stalker, and don't regret either one, even if they are sitting at 12 and 13, respectivly, as I work on my first Set IO'd charcater... 
Also, as much as I love Dual Blades (and I do love me some Dual Blades), I can't get behind the way the combos work for a Stalker, so I'll probably never make one. Ninja Blade is a very good choice for a Stalker.
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Sorry this is a bit of a rant.
Okay, I am a little annoyed here. Not sure if this is the right forum but this is my best guess.
When I got this character concept I was inspired by the Vanguard Katana or Sword. Looking at the motions I decided to go with the Katana. I FINALLY get my character to level 35 and with 50 merit points and what do I noticed today...
The Two Swords style now can use BOTH the Vanguard Katana and Sword! I didn't even consider this sytle because of the energy sword type they had, but now.. I feel cheated. I would have by far gone with the two weapon style. Lets face it, in most situations for the stalkers two weapons look way better than one, and I thought I would go for the ONE thing these other styles had that the two weapon styles didn't have. Things like this really make me wish I could respecification my primary attack power, or some way to have interchangable primary powers, but even start to metion that in the suggestions section and you will be hit with flame so fast you will not be able to find the second "i" in respecification.
So I guess I have another character to build, that will look almost exactly the same, with the same secondary power. So I know there isn't anything I can do, but I am a angry.
P.S. Perhaps I am wrong that this is a recent change, but that aside the two sword style seems to have a great deal more options in general. So with the stalker who does not get a shield, it seems universally obvious that if you are going for aesthetics, the two sword style is the best option among the swords.