Heroes and Weapons

So I won't list my heroes, because everyone has them. I just want to know if it is a no-no to change a hero's weapon. I want to give Jora a hammer or axe, instead of a sword, because for what I have seen, those weapons have higher max damage than swords (no flame please!).

If I go in and change all her sword attributes to zero, and boost her hammer or axe to max, will she then be, in effect, a hammer or axe murderer? LOL

Shane

yeah its completely ok do as you want they are your heros

You can give whoever whatever, that's the fun of customization.

Koss starts with a sword - he's my hammer warrior when I need one.
Jora starts with a sword - she's my sword warrior.
Goren starts with a hammer - he's my axe warrior.

Same goes with Eles:

Sousuke starts fire - he's earth for me.
Zhed starts water - he's still water.
Vekk starts air - now he's fire.

So really just set them up how you want, just because they're initially in something doesn't mean anything; in fact, I find diversifying them to separate situations to be much more effective. If I need a fire ele, I know to immediately look for my Vekk.

i can't imagine where you got the idea that a hero would be "stuck" with a certain weapon when their skills, weapons, and attributes are completely changeable, but yes, you can do anything with your hero you could do with a human warrior except pre-bind weapon swaps to a button.

You could make Jora a W/P and load her up with Spear attack skille and give her a spear, and she could be just as effective as a Paragon with certain builds. You could give Acolyte Jin a hammer and a bunny thumper build. Treat heroes like you would your own characters. With the exception of certain skills/builds being unable to be run by the AI, a hero can do anything a player can. Some builds they do better than a player can.

Thanks all for the commentary here.

Admins, you can close this thrread if you like, I think it has run its course.

Shane