Customizing and unCustomizing Weapons

Old Giggler

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

(NLO)No Love Organization

Mo/N

well we all know that for 10 gold we can Customze a Weapon. What would be nice mybe Pay 100 gold to UnCustomize the Weapon so it could be sold for what its realy worth in game other then like 35 gold..Also would help when you have a guildie that uses a Weapon ofr your and dosent Realize he has custimized the weapon you let him use tell he could find a better one for him self.. Just and Idea I had.

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

That's the penalty for having that extra % damage. It's yours unless you want to unload it at the merchant.

Makes you think twice before you customize.

/not signed

Loci

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

im digging that idea, would be good for entry lvl characters, so they can get a nice item and then sell it back later on, and also between characters in one account

/signed

Living Legend

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

R O M E[Rome]

W/E

/signed

Stalker Haras

Stalker Haras

I Didn't Do It

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/

/signed. I've always wanted to un-Customize some items that i want to use on other charicters.

Banin Galori

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

R/Mo

The whole point of customizing is so you WON'T be able to sell them again. If you simply allow people to uncustomize items, think of all the collector weapons and Drok's armor that would get sold to newbies... Definitely no.

/not signed

Sleeper_545

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2006

NLO

R/E

Ok, here's another thought...What if you just wanted to use the item between your characters, if you customized it you would not be able to switch the item. Say you just changed your secondary proff to warrior for one character, but on your other character you have a nice green sword thats customized for that character. You now have to go farm again (increasinly hard now with the drop percentage, plus if you dont have money to buy another one). I could see decustomization of items between YOUR perchaced game accounts (prophecies and factions). Is there a compromise?

Loci

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Banin Galori
The whole point of customizing is so you WON'T be able to sell them again. If you simply allow people to uncustomize items, think of all the collector weapons and Drok's armor that would get sold to newbies... Definitely no.

/not signed
u do make a valid point, but if you limit it to only weapons then its not that big of a deal, anway all u need is like 3k and u can get from ascalon to droks, so stopping newbies from getting droks armor is pointless

Old Giggler

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

(NLO)No Love Organization

Mo/N

dont know were the Armor came into play I was talking about weapons you cant go out and Customize your armor other then when you buy it for the armorer.. Iwas talking about the weapons guy the gives you that 20% for your weapon. armor is not the point I was talking about any way..

eSe

eSe

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

i lost weapons cuz i customized them and i wanted 2 delete that char (ranger) but i still would rather not let ppl uncustomize cuz if they paid 10gold for the extra 20% dmg that's their problem if u wanna sale it later then dont customize it, or just customize a collectors item dont customize it unless u ready 2 lose all value of that weapon

/Not Signed

R A C

R A C

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

In my parent's basement

R/Mo

/not signed. That's the whole point of CUSTOMIZING something. Being able to uncustomize would be dumb.

NatalieD

NatalieD

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

...the whole point of customizing is that it can't be undone. They might as well just take it out of the game entirely and put an automatic +20% on everything, rather than add uncustomizing.

Mandy Memory

Mandy Memory

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

W/

Why was this even suggested...it goes against all logic...Then agian, why are people signing what is perhaps the least logical suggestion...ever...

beyond me....

Dougal Kronik

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

/not signed

Customized my first bow in Pre. Haven't customized a weapon since, in case I want to sell, trade, or lend it out.

Aera

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

/not signed

^^ what all the other dudes said lol

Trin Storm

Trin Storm

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Balthazar's Fury

R/Me

/not signed for the reasons already stated by others

sh4ft3d

sh4ft3d

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

Frank Ought To Monk [FotM]

W/

/not signed for same reasons

Don Zardeone

Don Zardeone

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

It's there for a reason.

Find the reason

/not signed

fiery

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

10 gold to customize, 10 k to un-customize.

Some people scam by selling customized weapons.

Dougal Kronik

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by fiery
10 gold to customize, 10 k to un-customize.

Some people scam by selling customized weapons.
Never been scammed yet in a trade (knock on wood), because take the time to read what you are buying or they are offering.

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Uncustomizing would be nice, but a better improvement would be this:

Allow 'customized' weapons to be equipped and used by other players, but the 20% damage bonus only applies if the original customizer is weilding it.

Basically, YOU have a 20% damage bonus with the weapon and no-one else. However, it can be sold, traded, equipped and used by other players.

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

Still doesn't deal with the fact that you end up with a +20% weapon virtually free. Let's just add 20% to all weapons and be done with it, or have a -30% penalty when wielded by anyone else.

Sientir

Sientir

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

At DigiPen.

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

I'd prefer it if it was customized to your account and not your character. >.<

Phoenix Avenger

Phoenix Avenger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Wisconsin

Eternal Knights

E/Mo

/not signed for all the reasons other people have stated

Undivine

Undivine

of Brackenwood

Join Date: Oct 2005

Ontario, Canada

Imagine bringing your bow to a fletcher and saying "I want you to fit this to my hand please." He shapes the haft to your hand, shaving off pieces of wood. You then say "Oh, I changed my mind. Could you make it generic again?" He says "No problem" and then glues the wood shavings back onto the bow..... What?

/not signed. You are missing the whole point of customization.

Hunter Sharparrow

Hunter Sharparrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Jeepers Kreepers

R/Mo

Don't know about bows and swords but as a weapons technician I have successfully used rifles that were customized to a specific person (sighting, butt length, weight, etc.) but wasn't able to use it as accurately as the person it was customized for. Actually I wasn't even able to use it as accurately as a bench/bore sighted rifle. So if they are going to implament a change then it should be that if you use a weapon customized to someone else then you do 20% less damage instead of 20% more. At the same time though they would have to allow the person who bought the weapon be able to recustomize or decustomize it at a price. The price would have to depend on the weapon itself so a rare max weapon would cost something like 5k for customize/recustomize and a low damage, no requirement, normal item would only cost something like 100g. A decustomization would cost half. This way if you do customize it, it will lower the value of the item since the person buying would have to invest money to use it properly. As for the cost mentioned, they are just thrown in as examples.

Dougal Kronik

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

Just get rid of Customization. Adjust the damage for all the weapons and get rid of that 10g 'goldsink'.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

As others have said, the whole point of customisation was so you have to chose between being able to sell the weapon later, or using it at full strength on one of your chatacters.

/not signed

TheYellowKid

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mina Sucks [Blz]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
As others have said, the whole point of customisation was so you have to chose between being able to sell the weapon later, or using it at full strength on one of your chatacters.

/not signed
/co-signed.. most of the petitions ive seen recently are for making the game easier, the benifits vs. disadvantages of customisation are very easy to discern and is balanced.. unlike the suggestion of being able to remove customisation