Aug 27, 2010, 07:08 PM // 19:08
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2006
Guild: Guernsey Milking Coalition[MiLk]
Profession: E/Me
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Weapon Customization In PvP
So I have thought about this a bit but I finally remembered to post my thoughts about it here. PvP weapons all give the 20% bonus damage always. For classes that rely on their weapons this can be significant over the course of a fight.
I see so MANY people in various formats running really expensive items in PvP and it makes me wonder how many people have customized these weapons so as to get the damage bonus. How many people are customizing their Obby/Eternal/Crystalline weapons etc.? if the extra 20% damage for these melee weapons doesn't matter that much that high end pvp players aren't customizing them, why should i care about using an equipment template that i am pinged in HA or GvG or even a pvx wiki build for RA?
Do you guys customize your high end gear that you use in PvP(melee weapons, bows, daggers etc.)? Or do you not customize them so you can sell them when you get bored?
I watch enough Hall of Heroes battles to know that a lot of good players use high end weapons, I am just wondering which of you aren't customizing them and which ones are.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:16 PM // 19:16
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: England, UK
Guild: We Are The One And Only [rR]
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Always. If you can't afford to customise don't bother.
Though you used HA as your example, in GvG most of the "high end" characters are pvp characters.
Though i suspect many casual players don't, and wanna look shiny now and again.
Last edited by fowlero; Aug 27, 2010 at 07:21 PM // 19:21..
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:16 PM // 19:16
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#3
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Hall Hero
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: California Canada/BC
Guild: STG Administrator
Profession: Mo/
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You already get customised weapons in PvP press J key pressto.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:20 PM // 19:20
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#4
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2006
Guild: Guernsey Milking Coalition[MiLk]
Profession: E/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Age
You already get customised weapons in PvP press J key pressto.
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yeah, but a lot of really good players i come across in RA/HA/GvG arent using pvp weapons. if you read my OP you would know this.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:25 PM // 19:25
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: England, UK
Guild: We Are The One And Only [rR]
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You don't know for sure those with nice skins aren't PvP weapons, though outside of semi-regular AT players you're most likely right.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:28 PM // 19:28
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#6
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Hall Hero
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: California Canada/BC
Guild: STG Administrator
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jazilla
yeah, but a lot of really good players i come across in RA/HA/GvG arent using pvp weapons. if you read my OP you would know this.
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It depends if you are using a pvp char if so they are far better off using pvp weapons.Personally on my rpg chars I will if I intend on keeping it.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:31 PM // 19:31
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#7
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Canada
Guild: Gangsters In The [HooD]
Profession: Rt/
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a lot of players in high end PvP (GvG maybe some HA players) use tournament reward points to purchase PvP skins which come customized.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:32 PM // 19:32
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#8
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Feb 2007
Profession: Mo/W
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I only customize on my warrior and ranger. I also use monk and mesmer but there's hardly any benefit to customizing so why should I? I don't just in case I get bored of my weapons...
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:37 PM // 19:37
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The Hotshot
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Honolulu
Guild: International District [id多]
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Define really good. I'm certain that anyone even remotely relevant customizes their stuff, at least on physicals.
Also keep in mind that buying some rare skins with rps (tormenteds, crystalline, silverwing) is significantly cheaper than buying their pve equivalents.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:44 PM // 19:44
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#10
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Scotland
Profession: W/N
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If you want to PvP, best get them customised if you want to use physicals, if not you are a liability.
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Aug 27, 2010, 07:51 PM // 19:51
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#11
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Nov 2007
Guild: Illusion of skillz [Iz]
Profession: W/E
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Only fools run physicals without customised weapons. PvE or PvP. expensive weapon or not if your not going to customize it sell it to some one who will.
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Aug 27, 2010, 11:22 PM // 23:22
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#12
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Dallas, Texas
Guild: Zero Quality [zQ] /[LaG]/[USA]/[iQ]
Profession: A/E
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The characters doing phyical damage (war, sin, para, ranger, derv) should be using customized weapons regardless of their "elite-ness".
If you are seeing alot of these weapons on caster characters, keep in mind they don't need to be customized to be used to their full extent.
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Aug 28, 2010, 12:37 AM // 00:37
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#13
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2008
Guild: Funny Business Inc [FBI]
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Also, don't be fooled by seeing people with black armour and rare weaponskins in RA. You can also buy Elite armour and weapons for your PvP character using Zaishen Coins, at Tolkano.
This is in fact how I upgraded the looks of my PvP Ranger. Many people see me in RA with a Crystaline bow and call me a noob for it. What they don't realize is that it's actually a Recurve Bow with a PvP Reward skin and not a PvE Longbow.
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Aug 28, 2010, 10:11 AM // 10:11
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#14
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WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Guild: アoo アugs アlan [ァアァ]
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For melee weapons, Ofc, customize for pvp, rare or not
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Aug 28, 2010, 10:16 AM // 10:16
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#15
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Pyromaniac
Join Date: Aug 2005
Profession: Mo/W
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r8 15.50
4x runic axe
4x stonecrusher
4x broadswords
all customized, of course. there are plenty of other players with way more expensive gear that have customized as well. I'd say I'm more of the norm than the exception.
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Aug 28, 2010, 12:09 PM // 12:09
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#16
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Holland
Guild: Sexy Shinigami Misa [ちモメソ]
Profession: D/W
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Stuff like voltaic spears i dont customize, because i like to swap them between characters. My dhuum soulreaper/torm scythe, daggs, bow, hammer, sword, etc etc i all have customized.
20% damage bonus on a spear when you have 0 spear mastery doesnt do anything. On physicals (and rangers/paras) it is really a must however.
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Aug 28, 2010, 05:51 PM // 17:51
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#17
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2006
Guild: Guernsey Milking Coalition[MiLk]
Profession: E/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson Robes
Stuff like voltaic spears i dont customize, because i like to swap them between characters. My dhuum soulreaper/torm scythe, daggs, bow, hammer, sword, etc etc i all have customized.
20% damage bonus on a spear when you have 0 spear mastery doesnt do anything. On physicals (and rangers/paras) it is really a must however.
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yeah and that is why i specified the customization in my OP about it being on customization being optimal for those characters that actually need it to be customized. a caster with a spear doesn't need it.
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Aug 29, 2010, 01:13 PM // 13:13
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#18
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Feb 2007
Profession: Mo/W
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Same! I swap my VS between 4 characters and my friends think i've got 4 >.<. I do have two tormented shields because I was a moron and put one in the HoM so I can only use it on my monk now... but they're cheap so doesn't really matter.
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Aug 30, 2010, 02:08 AM // 02:08
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#19
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Academy Page
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Quote:
Originally Posted by meridon
also, don't be fooled by seeing people with black armour and rare weaponskins in ra. You can also buy elite armour and weapons for your pvp character using zaishen coins, at tolkano.
This is in fact how i upgraded the looks of my pvp ranger. many people see me in ra with a crystaline bow and call me a noob for it. What they don't realize is that it's actually a recurve bow with a pvp reward skin and not a pve longbow.
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wait. Wat??????????????
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Aug 30, 2010, 05:09 AM // 05:09
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#20
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The Hotshot
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Honolulu
Guild: International District [id多]
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kryptina
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Probably means Storm Bow.
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