Looks like there might be a staff infection going around
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I haven't purchased Staff yet simply because I have no plans to make a staff-wielding character. However, if I do make one, it's likely to be a magical character.
The selection of staves available leaves rather a lot to be desired in this direction. The closest things we get to spears or pole-axes are the 'Trident' and 'Tech' models. I guess a witch might fight with the broom model.
Also missing are any kind of runed staves, fantasy-themed staves, or magic-show-themed staves.
Consider the following scepter and pole-axe wielding magical girls from everyone's favorite sailor-suited anime:
These themes would be pretty easy to duplicate without making exact copies. 'Royal Scepter', 'Magical Poleaxe', and 'Huge Key' seem like they'd be no-brainers to add to this set... and fairly straightforward to model.
So any ETA on new Stave concepts?
got wood?
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Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
got wood?
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...she's lvl 2 and using the wrapped wood staff.
Is there going to be a Staff Weapon Pack like what there was with Titan Weapons? Because the weapon selection that's already there is really not enough. Not in the slightest, in fact.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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There actually is an algorithm for pleasing everyone. It's written in a forgotten language around the inside of the holy grail, one of the items in the ark of the covenant, which is either on Terra Australis or got lost in the mail.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Because the weapon selection that's already there is really not enough. Not in the slightest, in fact.
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There is hope for it to come next week.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Is there going to be a Staff Weapon Pack like what there was with Titan Weapons? Because the weapon selection that's already there is really not enough. Not in the slightest, in fact.
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The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
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Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
There is hope for it to come next week.
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Time to say what we want for staffs:
-Spear (w/ tassel as a option, heck you could probably have an "option" with a bunch of variants like prongs, tassels, different spearheads, etc.)
-Halberd (although that could be used with the Titan's Weapon as well...)
-Glaive
(Okay, I'll stop there or it'll start sounding like 2nd. ed. D&D's weapons inventory)
-Runestaff (with glowing runes!)
-Ornate staff (gold, with gems and such)
-Both of the above should have the option of a knob in the end.
-Natural staff (rougher than the "polished wood" look we have)
-Energy Staff.
-Icicle (stalactite as alternate skin)
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I remember reading on the Beta forums that aside from adding the standard wood, metal, and shiny metal options, there was not room in the schedule for developing any other models prior to the release of the set. Whether or not we'll see a weapons pack released at a later date remains to be seen.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Is there going to be a Staff Weapon Pack like what there was with Titan Weapons? Because the weapon selection that's already there is really not enough. Not in the slightest, in fact.
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@Winter. Because I'm Winter. Period.
I am a blaster first, and an alt-oholic second.
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Well they did it for TW there is hope they will do it for staff. I mean there has to be a reason to have held it back for so long beside the set schedule deal.
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Originally Posted by Codewalker
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The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
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Oh, I'm sure they will do one. Too lucrative of an opportunity to let slip by. I just don't think it will be next week (or the very near future for that matter).
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Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
Well they did it for TW there is hope they will do it for staff. I mean there has to be a reason to have held it back for so long beside the set schedule deal.
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"Not enough custom weapons" is a problem as old as custom weapons themselves. Titan Weapons had nothing like enough weapons when it launched, but they released a weapon pack for it and that brought it up to a respectable number. Are there enough now? Of course not, there will never be enough in general. But there's enough variety in the weapons that it DOES have to make two, three and even more characters out of it. With Staves... Not so much.|
Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
There actually is an algorithm for pleasing everyone. It's written in a forgotten language around the inside of the holy grail, one of the items in the ark of the covenant, which is either on Terra Australis or got lost in the mail.
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Also, I'm disappointed that the bladed staff still salps with the side of the blade. Guess I won't be using that after all.
I still bought the set and I'll still use it, just not sure what for yet.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I like to see a nemesis staff look would be nice to unlock.
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Originally Posted by CyWolf
I like to see a nemesis staff look would be nice to unlock.
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Not just a rough wood skinning, but a gnarly knotted length of wood with a vine corkscrewing around it, a couple stray leaves and a blossom or two at one end. Something to compliments the autumnal aura and the leaked ***** *****, ****** ******** and ********* ***** sets. Because druids run in packs, yo.|
Originally Posted by Arilou
-Natural staff (rougher than the "polished wood" look we have)
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Similarly, I think Titan Weapons could use a proper tree trunk with roots and a version of the old "crumble" aura fixed to the root end.
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The problem, as I see it, with the TW weapon selection is that aside from one axe, none of them look like regular weapons just made huge. They are all bizarre instruments out of some toymaker's nightmare (or refugees from other MMOs/video games). That might appeal to a select group of players who like their characters to look as twisted and demented as possible, but it feels uncharacteristically narrow (for CoX) in its thematic scope.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Titan Weapons had nothing like enough weapons when it launched, but they released a weapon pack for it and that brought it up to a respectable number. Are there enough now? Of course not, there will never be enough in general. But there's enough variety in the weapons that it DOES have to make two, three and even more characters out of it.
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Originally Posted by AmazingMOO
Consider the following scepter and pole-axe wielding magical girls from everyone's favorite sailor-suited anime:
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She's is way too skinny to be used as a staff!
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I was fully prepared to dismiss Staff Fighting...then I went to Paragon Wiki and read the power list.
It has a ranged attack.
I went back and read it again...yep, wasn't hallucinating.
There's another melee set for Tanks that doesn't have a ground only ranged attack (KM was the first I believe).
I'm in. The only question is Tank, Broot, or Scrapper.
No thank you. Redraw is trash.
While the weapon selection does seem a bit small there are some nice staves in the lot. The high tech blade still hits sideways, but many heroes do tend to smack with the flat of a blade to reduce lethality against softer targets, so i guess there's that explanation. For villains i guess it's because it hurts more? i guess.
Anyway, interesting set, but i haven't played it much yet. Later i hope.
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i have to admit that swinging the plasma sword around does look like some sort of scifi weapon. And the smooth, clean shape of the sword is pretty twisted and demented. There's definitely no precedence in superheroes for characters using large or shiny high-tech weapons, but i like it anyway.|
Originally Posted by Wing_Leader
The problem, as I see it, with the TW weapon selection is that aside from one axe, none of them look like regular weapons just made huge. They are all bizarre instruments out of some toymaker's nightmare (or refugees from other MMOs/video games). That might appeal to a select group of players who like their characters to look as twisted and demented as possible, but it feels uncharacteristically narrow (for CoX) in its thematic scope.
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The crossbuck is a definite refugee from a train simulator game, and i swear the I-beam and lump of concrete weapon was stolen from Sim City: Toy Story Edition, so i see your point about all the weapons except the axe being refugees from other video games and/or toymakers' nightmares. On the plus side there are more weapons coming for Titan Weapons, but they probably won't be to your taste since at least one has a scifi feel.
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Originally Posted by AresSupreme
No thank you. Redraw is trash.
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Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
She's is way too skinny to be used as a staff!
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The model there confirms to the proportions that show up in the original artist's work. Naoko Takeuchi tends to draw her characters very elongated... but only when they've transformed into their 'Sailor Guardian' identities.
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Hrm...so according to the description in game, Serpent's Strike is a targeted aoe for tanks. Is that a typo?
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