Curse

Arngrim120 · Nov 10, 2005, 06:43 PM // 18:43

The Wilder (Wi)

Background: The Searing was a great tragedy for Ascalon. Many Ascalonians were separated from society or imprisoned by the Charr. Whether their plight was simply to survive or to escape from their new Charr masters, these people had only one option…to survive. The end result: The Wilder – one who has had to depend on savagery, cunning and ingenuity to survive in this harsh land alone.

Weapon type: Dual Daggers
Armor type: Skins, furs, bones, etc.

Attributes:

Toughness (Primary Attribute) – For each point in toughness, the Wilder gains a +1 bonus to AL. This also increases the effectiveness of Toughness abilities (Primarily these would be defensive type abilities I’d think).

Dagger Mastery – Increases proficiency with daggers and dagger abilities

Fury – In order to survive, the Wilder has had to depend on savagery. For every 4 points in Fury, the Wilder gains a 10% increase in attack speed. This also increases the effectiveness of Fury abilities (I’m thinking attack abilities, shouts, or other buffs).

Craftsmanship – The Wilder has the ability to craft HIS OWN armor and weapons from salvageable materials found in the game. Every point in craftsmanship grants the ability to create more powerful equipment. The created equipment would have a crafting requirement attached to keep people from abusing this attribute (ie – if you make armor with 12 Crafting, you will need 12 Crafting to wear it). Crafting abilities would also include crude traps, preparations, etc.

I’m thinking this would mesh well with the other classes. I could imagine a W/Wi focusing in Fury for more abilities and attack speed. Or a R/Wi focusing in Craftsmanship for some extra trapping power.

I'm still working on ideas for abilities, and I’d appreciate any and all feedback (I KNOW the crafting stuff will DEFINITELY receive mixed reviews). Thanks!

Symeon · Nov 10, 2005, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Yep. IMO crafting your own armour is out.
The idea is also quite similar to other ideas before, such as assassin, rogue, engineer.

Arngrim120 · Nov 10, 2005, 07:25 PM // 19:25

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Originally Posted by King Symeon

The idea is also quite similar to other ideas before, such as assassin, rogue, engineer.

Yes, granted. Pretty much ALL of the new class ideas I've seen in these forums are similar to each other in one way or another. That's beside the point.

What I've tried to do here is combine some of the recurring things I've seen that people want. Namely:

1) Another melee character option
2) More trapping options
3) Dual Wielding

I've also tried to develop a little bit of a background story so as to explain why this type of character has appeared in Chapter 2, and was not present in Chapter 1.

I appreciate the feedback!

mortalis doleo · Nov 10, 2005, 07:47 PM // 19:47

duel wielding weapons will cause great imbalance, only because of illusionary weaponery... that skill would have to be canned for duel wielding to work...

Arngrim120 · Nov 10, 2005, 09:37 PM // 21:37

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Originally Posted by mortalis doleo

duel wielding weapons will cause great imbalance, only because of illusionary weaponery... that skill would have to be canned for duel wielding to work...

good point

Kool Pajamas · Nov 10, 2005, 10:17 PM // 22:17

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Originally Posted by mortalis doleo

duel wielding weapons will cause great imbalance, only because of illusionary weaponery... that skill would have to be canned for duel wielding to work...

Maybe the skill could just be reworked to work with only 1 weapon at a time. Maybe the skill is a right-handed skill. Only works with weapons in your right hand? maybe.

judge1121 · Nov 10, 2005, 10:30 PM // 22:30

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Originally Posted by Arngrim120

Yes, granted. Pretty much ALL of the new class ideas I've seen in these forums are similar to each other in one way or another. That's beside the point.

Yes is mostly cause GW made a broad range of proffesions the only thing i probably i see coming is someone using a dagger, or maybe someone using their mind to fight with Oo. either way crafting armor wll make economy change a lot wich many of us dont need.

Flaxx · Nov 10, 2005, 10:37 PM // 22:37

Well i like the idea of putting duel weilding weps in GW, and another melee class is severely needed IMO, but all in all it seems to me like a sort of angry ranger. still new classes are what we need and the more ideas we have the more likely we are to have good ones, thats what i say