customizing hero weapons

EPO Bot

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

I'm totally unshure of this.
Does customizing give the weapons wielded by heroes 20% extra damage?
Or does it ruin them?

Yichi

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

it gives no additional damage or advantage if a hero is using a customized weapon or not.

Sub Frost

Sub Frost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Portugal

R/

Quote:
Heroes share their inventory with their master and can use their master's weapons, including customized weapons. The 20% damage bonus from the customization applies to heroes too.
from gw.gamewikis.org

so yes they get the 20% dmg bonus

EPO Bot

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

(Runs off to the next weapon smith)

Flav

Flav

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by MistressYichi
it gives no additional damage or advantage if a hero is using a customized weapon or not.
Wow, you certainly pulled that one out of your rear.

Yichi

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

really? theres a way you can test this. fight a hero, having someone else control his attacks with wild blow. youll see why i said that using am monk with no spells/equipment other than the blank 60ar lvl armor.

notskorn

notskorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

Clan Roxor

W/E

when you customize something it doesnt say 20% extra damage when a certian person is using the item, it just says 20% and restricts it to one person, so if the heroes can equip it then it is only reasonable that they would get the bonus

AnnaCloud9

AnnaCloud9

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Minnesota

Well if you're bored, then you're boring!

R/

Absolutely not worth customizing your hero's weapons.
Once you do...that item can never be used by any of your other characters' heros, and can never be sold to other players.

Have your skill selection do the work for you, not the extra 3 pts of damage you'll get for customizing a hero weapon. Stay versatile

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

The only weapons that warrant customization are melee weapons and bows.
There is no need to customize wands or staves.

I usually have my melee heros using weapons that I use on that character (in the case of my warrior or ranger)

As for my caster heros, I just find a sword or axe or bow that is not really a rare skin and stick some mods and 15>50 inscription on them and that's it.

There is no way I would give a hero a spehis axe and then customize it for them

Give them normal skins.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by MistressYichi
really? theres a way you can test this. fight a hero, having someone else control his attacks with wild blow. youll see why i said that using am monk with no spells/equipment other than the blank 60ar lvl armor.
or better yet, just have a customized and an uncustomized max weapon, equip one on a hero with wild blow, hit armor dummy, equip the other, hit armor dummy. compare yellow numbers.

Quote:
Originally Posted by boxterduke
The only weapons that warrant customization are melee weapons and bows.
There is no need to customize wands or staves.

I usually have my melee heros using weapons that I use on that character (in the case of my warrior or ranger)

As for my caster heros, I just find a sword or axe or bow that is not really a rare skin and stick some mods and 15>50 inscription on them and that's it.

There is no way I would give a hero a spehis axe and then customize it for them

Give them normal skins.
heehee, my koss is using a customized max furious desolation maul r9, of course.... I customized it because Its my furious weaponswap for thumping though.

EPO Bot

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

Customized a Yakslapper and several other greens for my heroes. What can i say? I'm not greedy but practical.

AnnaCloud9

AnnaCloud9

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Minnesota

Well if you're bored, then you're boring!

R/

Just know that THAT Yakslapper can no longer be used by any of your other characters (nor their heroes) is all

That's the versatility I meant. As far as selling, well, that's just supplemental really. You'll still get the 35 gp for the Yakslapper from your friendly merchant in the long run

DeanBB

DeanBB

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Arizona

Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com

You won't see the little yellow numbers from your hero attacks, unfortunately. Do a scrimmage as suggested or simply trust those who have tested it already and found that the 20% applies.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeanBB
You won't see the little yellow numbers from your hero attacks, unfortunately. Do a scrimmage as suggested or simply trust those who have tested it already and found that the 20% applies.
damn! you got a point there...heh
(pulls own head out of a$$)

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by AnnaCloud9
Have your skill selection do the work for you, not the extra 3 pts of damage you'll get for customizing a hero weapon. Stay versatile
You mean extra 5-8 points on most weapons....

I'll take the extra damage any day of the week (and twice on Sundays)!!!!

The Abbott

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aruthas Gatekeepers

Mo/W

Every single hero I have on my monk has a perfect rare skin req 9 fully modded and customized....all the other chars heroes carry greens...

I don't care that I can't sell them in the future or that I can't swap them to other heroes coz:

1.Unless they bring out a new higher stat for certain weapons then my weapons will always be perfect

2.I dont wanna have to put all my heroes weapons in storage every time I switch chars just so THEIR heroes can use them... I must switch chars 4-5 times a day...

GODh

GODh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

BFTW and DLRR

Same thing here: i customize all hero-weapons unless they are set to "avoid battle" (mainly monks and minion master) as they dont attack using their weapons...

Sandblasted Skin

Sandblasted Skin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

St. Paul, MN

Strength and Virtue Eternal [SaVe]

W/

The extra 5-8 damage would be nice. But finding the max weapons for each characters

hero's would take far too long for me. I have a max weapon with mods for each class in

storage so that I can swap between hero's when I switch characters.