Curse

$neekie · Dec 05, 2007, 11:29 AM // 11:29

Efectiveness over beauty for me, i use alot of crafters weapons from HzH pimped up with mods. And i bought some greens for my ele(water and air) didnt even look at there skins.

I did buy a urgoz longbow(because everybody said it was the best), i resold it with a small profit. Because i thought it was ugly and not that good, surtenly not worth the price i paid for it... Back to my feathered longbow

mzzls

Gun Pierson · Dec 05, 2007, 11:37 AM // 11:37

Good looking as I wanne die in style...

nightwatchman · Dec 05, 2007, 12:12 PM // 12:12

Good looking weapon skin.

Problem arises when the good looking weapon skin is rare. Saving for a nice chaos axe, only axe skin I like.

Dronte · Dec 05, 2007, 12:16 PM // 12:16

Good looking. Thats why I have so rare stuff and also inscribable "crap" in my inventory. (gothic dual axe q8 15^50, but also use a greater jagged reaver, just because I like the skin)
Like the crystalline sword, so many ppl want it, coz its rare, but actually it looks so bad imo.

Sheena Inverse · Dec 05, 2007, 12:20 PM // 12:20

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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

Depends on what I am doing, If i am wielding weapons in town, i want it to be the best looking one.

If i am killing monsters outside of town it better be max and have the best mod, I'd use it even if its ugly.

you must be special, every time I pull out a weapon in town I get tackled by paranoid guards ~_~

as for my opinion its stats first, then skin, and then rarity.
I have a max stat stormbow for my ranger now with the mods I wanted, took me forever to get because of its rarity, but i wanted it for the look.
On the other hand I also use a shortbow with great stats but the 2nd most common skin in the game. so its definitely not about rarity for me.
Most of the weapons I use are greens that i got dropped just from playing, I never buy anything, I just get them myself.

I've been trying to get a Turdimmit Axe forever though ><

lucifer_uk · Dec 05, 2007, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Ugly rare perfect > Very common good looking

Definitely not how I like my women.

samer542 · Dec 05, 2007, 12:33 PM // 12:33

Stats > Looks > Rarity
Thats why i like the BMP weapons Max stats, good looking and gold text

Been trying to get zodiac bow but decided against it when the BMP weapons came.

Kusandaa · Dec 05, 2007, 12:48 PM // 12:48

Inscribable purples FTW... good skins, cheap, modded like I want.

I turned the first, craptacular Greater Guardian Spear that dropped for me (a req13 purple with bad stats) into my fav caster weapon ever, maybe beside my Gothic sword. My monk has a blue, non-max serrated spear caster-modded and since I don't use the weapon itself, who cares for damage?

I tend to keep the inscribable stuff until I can mod. I'm not using weapons much if they aren't modded. Modded partially, that I can deal with (like my necro's Mursaat shield, +30 only... but I still prefer his Gloom).

kobey · Dec 05, 2007, 02:23 PM // 14:23

I wouldn't put perfect mods on a high req blue or purple weapon, just pains me to do it, even though the price of mods have dropped ... alot

pkodyssey · Dec 05, 2007, 02:28 PM // 14:28

My favorite weapon is my Req12 Longsword. My favorite sword skin. It is the only non-inscribable 15^50, +30 weapon that has ever dropped for me in the game. Dropped in TopK before factions was released.

Abedeus · Dec 05, 2007, 02:32 PM // 14:32

I usually like to have nice skin, even if this means having a bit worse weapon. For example, I rather use my Oni Blades with +15% vs hexed (on a hex castless ;o sin) than Ungues of the Oni (+15%/-5 ene). And my Mesmer is using Greater Highlander Sword (with a +5 armor mod and nothing else ;o) + nice looking shield (req 8, but -2 while enchanted and +45 in stance) instead of a staff or wand/focus combo.

Just proves that you can be good without a leet uber OMG WTF FARM'D 4 100 HRS WPN!!11

phan · Dec 05, 2007, 02:36 PM // 14:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

Depends on what I am doing, If i am wielding weapons in town, i want it to be the best looking one.

If i am killing monsters outside of town it better be max and have the best mod, I'd use it even if its ugly.

hax ;;

i prefer using a decent rare one than a nice crap white one tbh ;;

crys > LONGsword

ele > fds ; ids

But never in my life NEVER will i EVER touch the most fugly weapon ever .. : tribal axe ;.

lewstherint · Dec 05, 2007, 03:38 PM // 15:38

i dont see why so many people flame the ele fow, female ele fow is the best looking armor in the game, buy it and you will realise also, most rare skins are good looking, most non rare suck arse, also id rather pay god knows what for a stygian reaver just because its gold than buy a murakais with the same looks and same stats for 7k also customary screenie

Shadow Spirit · Dec 05, 2007, 04:05 PM // 16:05

For weapons and armor, I just use what I like...

I <3 the BMP skins. I don't care how common they are.

tipiak · Dec 05, 2007, 04:07 PM // 16:07

Look > rarity.
I have longsword R9 (9k lol), shadow blade R9 (60k), fellblade R9 (55k), gothic sword R9 (90k) and a crystalline R11 (100k+120e) which represents half of all the money I ever spent on the game (no FoW, i just don't like them). I offered it to my warrior when she finished all campaigns. And now I'm "farming" the BMP weapons because the skins are absolutely gorgeous, and you know what ? They are free

Saraphim · Dec 05, 2007, 04:12 PM // 16:12

Stats over skin over rarity.

I don't really care how rare something is, if it's fugly (to me) I'll either sell it or strip the mods off with a perfect salvage kit and sell it for less. The crystalline sword does nothing for me aesthetically, I'd rather use my gothic dual axe or the Tengu sword/axe. At least they have a matching shield.

Caster weapons (excluding most of the BMP) have mostly had boring skins anyway so the rarer ones are probably the better looking of those. I <3 my new Dolyak Prod, not sure if it's even rare but I don't care.

Caged Fury · Dec 05, 2007, 04:38 PM // 16:38

I've always favoured stats over looks. Most of my characters use green weapons because they have the stats I want. Having NF, I found gold items drop pretty regularly and the inscription made it easier to mod. That's when I started paying a little more attention to skins, and replaced some greens with gold items. Usually, when I'm farming to pass time or doing quests/missions and a gold item that I like the look of drop, I mod it or save it for modding and then replace the current one used. If I already have something that's doing its job, I wouldn't bother replacing it just because it is a common skin, unless something I liked dropped as loot.

In terms of rarity, I'm not fully clued up with what is rare and what is not - I rarely trade with other players and barely keep an eye on the market. So it's possible that my characters use rare items, but it was chosen for its looks rather than its rarity.

Tiny Killer · Dec 05, 2007, 05:02 PM // 17:02

Like others have said, I prefer functionality. That being said, if I like a particular skin I will use it, regardless of the rarity.

Khazad Guard · Dec 05, 2007, 05:06 PM // 17:06

For me its all about looks. My Warrior goes for a Knightly appearance so I use a Long Sword and Tall Shield. Ofcourse they are perfect though, but thats not the point.

Most rare weapons look yucky. As long as it looks good on my chars, I dont care if its rare.

kobey · Dec 05, 2007, 05:13 PM // 17:13

I tink the OP is asking more of looks vs rarity

stats dun seem to make a difference now. mods are real cheap nowadays