Curse

Rancour · Nov 20, 2005, 09:04 PM // 21:04

I'm all for it! I don't think it'll happen, but oh the possibilities...

I too was dissappoined when they wrote "cutomization" and it turned out to be just the ability to put on a new mod. I had really hoped to be able to put on different hilts with different looks and stuff, but... Oh well...

A suggestion? Well, most has been said but I'd think it'd be great if you could name your weapon or shield. This would, of course, customize the weapon automatically. Why? Because if I met someone with a really cool weapon I'd like to buy, I'd walk away immidiately if it was called "the poopslinger" or something like that. I dunno about you, but I noticed how many people have ridiculous names for characters. I won't want that on some cool-ass weapon.

Oh yeah, /übersigned

Riplox · Nov 20, 2005, 09:09 PM // 21:09

/signed x infinity! lol

I think this would be so good for the game, and it may even rekindle some peoples' intrest in it. And having the crafter require materials and having better looking mods as you progress is the way to go.

Fred Kiwi · Nov 20, 2005, 10:03 PM // 22:03

I can just imagine all those "your mom" people out there:
"I'm wielding Your Mom!" etc

despite that /signed * 99999999

Optime · Nov 20, 2005, 10:10 PM // 22:10

/signed

Great idea! I would love to be able to customise my weapon to make the aesthetics suit my liking! :P

Also, it would be great for fans of the anime Bleach. /swordname Zangetsu

Fred Kiwi · Nov 20, 2005, 10:12 PM // 22:12

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Originally Posted by DeanBB

Naming the weapon concerns me a bit. Right now people get banned for poor name choices for their characters, now we're going to throw item names into the mix? And who wants to be slain in PvP by "Ogre The Leet's Wet Noodle" uber sword? Perhaps there are a lot of prefixes and suffixes to choose from, I don't know? And not just the names of the mods, like fiery and fortitude: smiting, striking, hacking, harpooning, of death, of bashing, of noob-slaying...

Nah, I would prefer to be able to call my weopon whatever I want.

Ian Savage · Nov 21, 2005, 05:06 AM // 05:06

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Originally Posted by CHunterX

Dunno if this has been suggested, but at least when you customize (+20% damage) a weapon, it should have your name IN the title. As in: Cruel Spiked Axe of Fortitude + Customized = Nyamo Kurosawa's Spiked Axe. I don't think this would take much to implement, and it would be a step in right direction to what the OP was suggesting.

/signed

yeah, name in the title. and to quote and old post...

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Originally Posted by Ian Savage

upon customization, the weapon would become (Characters Name)'s Sword of (your suffix choice). Mods still create the same name changes so it could be a: Dead Joe's Vampiric Fiery Dragon Sword of Noob-slaying.

once again. the underline here is originality being able to show off your cool looking stuff is why people go for 15k and FoW armor. its just that cool. same thing as a signature skill (kudos to symeon)its all about being what you want to. which is why id like to see more options for character appearance in creation for chap 2. but thats just a side note. this kind of a thing would make me sooooo happy. and it would finally give rubys a use.

Ian Savage · Nov 23, 2005, 03:43 PM // 15:43

Noooo! Dont Die! My Beloved!

darkdragon99 · Nov 23, 2005, 04:10 PM // 16:10

i think this is the most liked suggestion i've ever seen for anygame

BigRedsFro · Nov 25, 2005, 04:56 AM // 04:56

/signed

Wow this would make life great. Items that are good because their stats, not their looks would become the highest priced! Now my falchion with the same stats as a fellblade will sell at the same price because you can make them look as cool as you want. Sweet.

lord_shar · Nov 25, 2005, 07:09 AM // 07:09

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Originally Posted by Akhilleus

signed, under 1 condition.
the "looks" you select from are totally seperate from dropped swords, so you cant make a sword that looks like a crystaline. this means that the current swords would still maintain thier value among sword collectors, as you cant replicate them, but would give people an ability to make something customized to thier own personal tastes.
and the name of each sword would be your characters name, followed by sword, axe, whatever.
"Akhilleus Pthius' Sword" FTW. (or make it renamable, like pets)
as for the materials, im thinking you have to get a "weapon-liscence" which can be achjieved form some massive, arduous quest that takes multiple people and hours of work.
then, you take it to the forgemaster in the fissure of woe or wherever, and it needs like 500 iron ingots, 50 steel ingots. (wooden planks for an axe) and like a 15k craft cost. and each area the swrd is available in has its own "locational" look.
like a sword crafted form forgemaster would have options on the "eviler" side, one crafted in ascalon region would have a more playful or natural look. that way you end up with sword classes equivilant to fow armor and 15k armor.
that way when someone walks around with a pimp-assed sword design it begs the response "OMFG!"

I agree with the above. So long as the crafted weapon models don't use the existing super-uniques models such as fellblades, crystallines, ghostly's, eternals, and other typical UW/Fow-only gear, then this idea is perfectly fine. This way, such existing gear aren't impacted value-wise, yet true gear appearance customization is taken a step forward.

darkdragon99 · Nov 25, 2005, 12:36 PM // 12:36

i thought this so everyone including ppl like me who don't just farm all day or go through the hole game in 2 days could do it too.

y is it ppl always want to limit what you can do to how much gold you have?!

Catalin Dracul · Nov 25, 2005, 02:01 PM // 14:01

/signed

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Originally Posted by Akhilleus

As for the materials, I’m thinking you have to get a "weapon-licence" which can be achieved form some massive, arduous quest that takes multiple people and hours of work.
Then, you take it to the forgemaster in the fissure of woe or wherever, and it needs like 500 iron ingots, 50 steel ingots. (Wooden planks for an axe) and like a 15k craft cost.

No...

Only the rich people and the people who play Guild Wars like a religion would be able to achieve these weapons that way.

Arcien Trueflight · Nov 25, 2005, 02:14 PM // 14:14

/signed to the uber max times two

This is, hands down, a fantastic idea. I would love to be able to name my bow something better then "Fiery Ascalon Bow of Fortitude" and to be able to fiddle with it's looks, maybe add some runic symbols or something like that...That'd be hot.

A step in a very cool direction, to be sure.

Quinn · Nov 25, 2005, 02:22 PM // 14:22

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Originally Posted by Akhilleus

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that way when someone walks around with a pimp-assed sword design it begs the response "OMFG!"

That makes for a good new show: Pimp my sword!

Lots of fun reading this thread. Let's see if someone picks it up

/signed

Ian Savage · Nov 29, 2005, 11:52 PM // 23:52

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Originally Posted by Arcien Trueflight

/signed to the uber max times two

This is, hands down, a fantastic idea. I would love to be able to name my bow something better then "Fiery Ascalon Bow of Fortitude" and to be able to fiddle with it's looks, maybe add some runic symbols or something like that...That'd be hot.

A step in a very cool direction, to be sure.

yeah, this is a concern mentioned by many, and i think that it would be best if it became "Characters Name's" whatever and then you can chose to add a suffix. there would need to be pre-set selections, becuase there will always be someone who goes into a group and says: I'm Wielding Super Noob's Vampiric Fellblade of #@!$ $%&!
annoying, though most likely nessicary. im more than open to suggestions on how to solve this problem. because if you can make it look like you, you should be able to name it.

Khadgar of Dalaran · Dec 03, 2005, 08:23 PM // 20:23

hmm, sounds like what u can do in Neverwinter Nights' Aurora Toolset; i like it

-I WANT THE OPTION TO MAKE WEAPONS WITH GLOWING EFFECTS (ie Icy glows with a blue-white aura...if u've played NWN you sorta know what i mean...when u add a visual effect on a weapon:Evil glows red, Holy glows yellowish-white, etc)

@Anet
if u do do this, allow for more than 5 possible graphics

Red Sonya · Dec 03, 2005, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Since the elitists are looking for anything to make them stand out amonst the rest of the pack (even though the stats of a weapon can be the same), the LOOKS is everything to an elitists. From Armor upgrades that are 15k each to special weapons with LOOKS that are "rare". To open a customization shop would destroy the elitists and we just can't have that now. Since everything in the game is so near the same gotta keep those few elitists ways to show one has done more or gotten "luckier" than the next person.

Something like a custom shop might work in a mmorpg, but, this is more a mmog or corpg as Anet puts it. Not a mmorpg which so many are trying to trun it into from all the whinning and crying and complaining that Joe Blow's got more than I got and it just isn't FAIR! lol

EDIT: Oh btw the next EXPANSION is going to have kewl NEW WEAPON LOOKS (some even player designed there's a contest running now read the official webpages sometimes) and NEW ARMOR LOOKS, so the old guild wars stuff will eventually come down in prices (just like good ole everquest did when every new expansion came out) and the NEW stuff is gonna be HOT and EXPENSIVE. Can't wait for the next expansion. I been saving all those (what are these for) resources just incase some of them are useable in the 2nd chapter and those of us who been saving them will at least get some kewl LOOKing collector gear.

darkdragon99 · Dec 03, 2005, 09:04 PM // 21:04

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya

Since the elitists are looking for anything to make them stand out amonst the rest of the pack (even though the stats of a weapon can be the same), the LOOKS is everything to an elitists. From Armor upgrades that are 15k each to special weapons with LOOKS that are "rare". To open a customization shop would destroy the elitists and we just can't have that now. Since everything in the game is so near the same gotta keep those few elitists ways to show one has done more or gotten "luckier" than the next person.

Something like a custom shop might work in a mmorpg, but, this is more a mmog or corpg as Anet puts it. Not a mmorpg which so many are trying to trun it into from all the whinning and crying and complaining that Joe Blow's got more than I got and it just isn't FAIR! lol

your so wrong that's just what we need to do destroy the elitits.
if you haven't ever noticed they are such ***holish pricks who think they are better than everyone els just cause they are little better or have something rare.

ghostlyranger · Dec 03, 2005, 09:13 PM // 21:13

it destroy the fun , if everyone had nice looking weapon.

not signed

Red Sonya · Dec 03, 2005, 09:26 PM // 21:26

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Originally Posted by darkdragon99

your so wrong that's just what we need to do destroy the elitits.
if you haven't ever noticed they are such ***holish pricks who think they are better than everyone els just cause they are little better or have something rare.

Sorry, but, this isn't Socialist China, this is Capitalist America. See that "alist" in Capitalist?

It's part of the American and even some European ways now. Having more than the next guy, standing out, LOOKING important, even though you may be an ignorant dog. Rich people/poor people, it's that way in all of life, even games online.

So I have to vote negative on changes like this also. Need to have something post 20 that shows one has earned/done more than the next guy. It gives something for the lower 80% to work and strive for even though only 2% will ever make it.