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Drakken Breathes Fire

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09 Feb 2008 at 15:04 - 1

This is a katar.

This is what a katar looks like;

These are incredibly beautiful weapons, incredibly lethal, and would be easily added as an alternative weapon skin for daggers requiring dagger mastery and dealing piercing damage.

Suggestions? thoughts? Hell, anyone even feel like designing a few?

Tatile

Desert Nomad

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Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus

N/Me

09 Feb 2008 at 15:08 - 2

It looks like a knuckle-duster with a gigantic spike on it. I approve.

The Assassins have a fair amount of dagger skins already, but due to their size, they're kind of hard to see occasionally. This katar, however, looks like it'd be big.

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

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Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

09 Feb 2008 at 15:26 - 3

/signed

Why not, they look pretty cool

Tyla

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09 Feb 2008 at 15:31 - 4

Yummm....
Don't forget those 3-bladed ones...

Drakken Breathes Fire

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09 Feb 2008 at 15:32 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyla salanari

Yummm....
Don't forget those 3-bladed ones...

The second and third blades are released when you squeeze the two handles together. This design doesn't have that function but a great many others do. Delicious little weapons aren't they?

oracleofwoe

Academy Page

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CNFC

N/Mo

09 Feb 2008 at 15:40 - 6

/signed

reminds me of my first ever sin *memories of D2:LoD come flooding back*

Tyla

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09 Feb 2008 at 15:42 - 7

Well when I went on my holidays I saw this extremely sexy gothic dagger, it had 3 fingerholes and had a few jagged blades.
Can't get it 'cause I was underage...

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

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09 Feb 2008 at 20:12 - 8

Reminds me of Diablo 2.
I don't see why not, but due to daggers' size, only few will pay attention to the skin.

DarkGanni

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09 Feb 2008 at 20:20 - 9

here he is the mighty Katar weilder

I like the idea

/signed

A11Eur0

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09 Feb 2008 at 20:35 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkGanni

here he is the mighty Katar weilder

I like the idea

/signed

Exactly who I thought of first.

Darkobra

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10 Feb 2008 at 01:48 - 11

Yeah, I thought of Voldo when I saw this. And having collected all his katar, I was quite surprised to see this version over the three pronged one.

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

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South Pole

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N/Mo

10 Feb 2008 at 02:11 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakken Breathes Fire

These are incredibly beautiful weapons, incredibly lethal, and would be easily added as an alternative weapon skin for daggers requiring dagger mastery and dealing piercing damage.

Shouldn't they deal slashing damage?

EDIT: Just remembered being told about these things. Yea, piecing seems about right, although the assassin's attack animation would make it look like they're slashing.

Drakken Breathes Fire

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10 Feb 2008 at 02:33 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curse You

Shouldn't they deal slashing damage?

EDIT: Just remembered being told about these things. Yea, piecing seems about right, although the assassin's attack animation would make it look like they're slashing.

Katars depiction in every videogame appears to be that of a slashing animation.
(Diablo 2, Ragnarok Online ect ect.) I'm sure it's a minor detail thats easily overlooked.

MithranArkanere

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10 Feb 2008 at 02:54 - 14

Yeah, it can be done. Make it piercing (And make the knuckles blunt! Yay!)

Although they would move a bit weir when hitting...

AuraofMana

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Georgia, US

11 Feb 2008 at 10:12 - 15

Katars, Wrist Blades, Claws, Quhab, Wrist Spike, Hand Scythe, Talons, Hatchet Hands, Cestus, Sywayyah, and War Fist.
Gogo Arreat Summit.

~ Dan ~

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11 Feb 2008 at 10:42 - 16

Assassin weapons on diablo were basically all like the katar - they kinda wrapped around the knuckles if you know what i mean. Anyway, GW needs more of this.

/signed

Alex the Great

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11 Feb 2008 at 11:08 - 17

3 bladed ones are ubersweet!!!!

Onarik Amrak

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Astral Revenants

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11 Feb 2008 at 12:27 - 18

I don't think they'd be easily added.

Think about it, the blade is perpendicular to the daggers the sins in-game use.
The animations would be all wrong.

It would be cool though. <3 Voldo <3 Soul Calibur

/signed

Drakken Breathes Fire

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11 Feb 2008 at 13:59 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak

I don't think they'd be easily added.

Think about it, the blade is perpendicular to the daggers the sins in-game use.
The animations would be all wrong.

It would be cool though. <3 Voldo <3 Soul Calibur

/signed

Would it not work almost exactly the same as these?

Both blades//knuckles are on the foreground of the hand.
I still think it'd be easy and awesome.

Tatile

Desert Nomad

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Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus

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11 Feb 2008 at 14:04 - 20

For the Katar to look nice, the main knuckle bit would have to be (ideally) a fair bit smaller than the Brass Knuckles you have there, Drakken. However, seeing as they have the base of the skin already there, it could be quite simple to stick a blade on it.

**Note: Too bad about my meat cleaver post being deleted, I didn't mean to start a whisk fight

Sorry about that.

Sergeant of Marines

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11 Feb 2008 at 14:15 - 21

/signed 12 chars

Chrono Re delle Ere

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11 Feb 2008 at 20:25 - 22

haha reminds me of diablo 2 lod :P

Btw yea cool, but we also want more "glove skins" like stygian daggers one!

Onarik Amrak

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11 Feb 2008 at 22:28 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakken Breathes Fire

Would it not work almost exactly the same as these?

Both blades//knuckles are on the foreground of the hand.
I still think it'd be easy and awesome.

Well, the Chakrams are used as slashing weapons, so it doesn't look wrong.

The Knuckles on the other hand, do look wrong. They're designed for punching and the animation has you using them like daggers by slashing and stabbing with the top of your fist.

Drakken Breathes Fire

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13 Feb 2008 at 02:51 - 24

However, the knuckles exist and katars don't. I think that the blades on the katars will make it look okay no matter what animation.

Chronos the Defiler

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13 Feb 2008 at 03:43 - 25

yep...i want me a pair of Greater Talons

*slicey slicey stabby stabby*

ValaOfTheFens

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13 Feb 2008 at 04:18 - 26

/signed *sigh* This takes me back to when I was playing FFVIII for the first time and trying to figure out what exactly Kiros weapon was.

I love this sort of weapon and it would look pretty sweet on my sin. Her ungues are barely noticeable.

Magikarp

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[HAWK]

13 Feb 2008 at 16:54 - 27

for all those wondering about the TYPE of damage, Katar are a type of PUNCHING blade, made for massive, open wounds. they are by no means to be slashed with.

Tatile

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Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus

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13 Feb 2008 at 17:07 - 28

In reference to Magikarp, and the above disbute about animation, the Katar look like it may take serious damage to the blade and attachment area if used in a slashing way (particularly against armour) rather than a punching way. Then again, I know little about daggers and try to use reason and logic to discuss things, so what do I know?

candin

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Dont know :S

[NUT]

W/Mo

13 Feb 2008 at 17:33 - 29

love it
D2 never dies

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Forge Runner

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13 Feb 2008 at 23:02 - 30

Daggers have enough skins. More Sword Skins are needed.

Like this for example.

Old School Daedric Weapons FTW.

MithranArkanere

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13 Feb 2008 at 23:11 - 31

Swords have quite a lot of skins.

Scythes and Bows could have some skins.

I think they should add some Scythe and Spear drops to Prophecies and Factions and some dagger drops to Prophecies.
Thet have all those 'design a skin' designs to start with after all.

Retroactivity FTW.

RavagerOfDreams

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somewhere over the rainbow....

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14 Feb 2008 at 00:11 - 32

/signed

i always agree to new daggers to add to my collection > : )

Drakken Breathes Fire

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14 Feb 2008 at 00:13 - 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Swords have quite a lot of skins.

Scythes and Bows could have some skins.

I think they should add some Scythe and Spear drops to Prophecies and Factions and some dagger drops to Prophecies.
Thet have all those 'design a skin' designs to start with after all.

Retroactivity FTW.

Kryta does seem appropriate for Katars to drop.

MithranArkanere

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14 Feb 2008 at 00:22 - 34

No, but remember that there are Ascalonina Assassins and Shinning Blade paragons (they are just hidden while you play over there, XD), so that could be the source.

On top of that, there where a lot of Margonites in the Crystal Desert, and there is at least one Margonite Assassin boss.

Drakken Breathes Fire

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14 Feb 2008 at 00:41 - 35

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

No, but remember that there are Ascalonina Assassins and Shinning Blade paragons (they are just hidden while you play over there, XD), so that could be the source.

On top of that, there where a lot of Margonites in the Crystal Desert, and there is at least one Margonite Assassin boss.

Do you even know what country Katars come from in real life?
It certainly isn't great britain (Ascalon.) They originate from India. Also why they are also known as Tiger Knives. Cantha, Elona and parts of Kryta seem to geographically be the most similar regions to India. (In terms of landscape, people, and wildlife.) Lets not forget, Kryta is also home to Tengu.

MithranArkanere

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14 Feb 2008 at 02:26 - 36

The Katar is a weapon that is originary form India. That allows reating it to Nightfall and Vabbi.

Then you can make Katars drop in the Crystal desert, not in Kryta (why must it be Kryta) since the Margonites where sea travelers, they could bring Quatars with them from Elona and/or Cantha.

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14 Feb 2008 at 02:29 - 37

It looks like something I could use to plant my garden, naw thanks.

/notsigned?

MithranArkanere

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14 Feb 2008 at 02:38 - 38

There are much more shapes:
http://therionarms.com/armor/katars.jpg

Some look like claws.

itsvictor

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14 Feb 2008 at 02:54 - 39

The more dagger skins, the better I say.

Magikarp

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[HAWK]

14 Feb 2008 at 03:15 - 40

Quote:

The Katar is a weapon that is originary form India. That allows reating it to Nightfall and Vabbi.

Then you can make Katars drop in the Crystal desert, not in Kryta (why must it be Kryta) since the Margonites where sea travelers, they could bring Quatars with them from Elona and/or Cantha.

i couldnt have said it better myself, good post.