Shiro's Blades

Zero7511

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

W/

Does anyone know why they decided to make shiros blades have 15 require so that only an assasin could use them we all know Shiro is mainly a warrior

Does-it-Matter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

N/

Why would they make a set of assassin-based weapons, that only assassins can effectively used...

As with how many licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know.

MCS

MCS

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

Since when is shiro a warrior?

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by MCS
Since when is shiro a warrior?
I concure.

EiS

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Save The Dragons

R/Mo

no offence but man what a stupid question man assassin weapon for a assassin who thought of that

but i do have to say that shiro does drop warrior items to like the shiro sword

JohnnyV045

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Spamming LFG in the RAs

One Man's Freedom Guild

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by MCS
Since when is shiro a warrior?
I'll third that.

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by EiS
but i do have to say that shiro does drop warrior items to like the shiro sword
What? Shiro doesn't drop anything.

Dauntless

Dauntless

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by VGJustice
What? Shiro doesn't drop anything.
Yes he does. He dropped 100 gold coins for my group just earlier today, no time to pick it up though.

Sakashi

Sakashi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

United Kingdom

[VII] The Midgar Zolem

E/Mo

I think perhaps Shiro was a W/A or a A/W so it makes sense to me.
You can either get Shiro's Daggers, or Shiro's Sword by trading the item you recieve from Sunn.
Why they are both 15 req i don't know...maybe to show how awesome Shiro is to beat you with the worst weapons in the game..? :P

A_Muppet

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dauntless
Yes he does. He dropped 100 gold coins for my group just earlier today, no time to pick it up though.
Togo said he'd give me that 100gold back, the bugger!

...well why else did you think I ran off to get him back from Shiro so quickly? He owed me money!

lord of assasins xx

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

A/Mo

Shiro dosent drop eny thing you only get amulet of mists to pick a item and you only get it wons

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Shiro has no set class (ie: has the blessing of no god to grant him the powers of a profession). He simply dual-wields swords, although most likely developed as a warrior (don't try to cite his double-strikes, 100blades did that too). The dual swords are assassin req because that's the only playable class that can dual-wield blades. The single sword is still a warrior weapon because that's the only class that has skills for a single blade. The weapon req has nothing to do with Shiro's class, but what kind of player could wield them.

A_Muppet

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

I think he means the high req. After all, if you want a 3/1 vampric 15^50 you can get either victo's blade or that other SF sword with req 9.

Tijger

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by A_Muppet
I think he means the high req. After all, if you want a 3/1 vampric 15^50 you can get either victo's blade or that other SF sword with req 9.
Yes, but I still dont see his point.

15/16 attribute for your main weapon is not at all unusal for PvP players and I've seen a few PvE players who preferred that kind of 'extreme' investment as well.

Wolydarg

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

I Excentrix I [PuNK]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by lord of assasins xx
Shiro dosent drop eny thing you only get amulet of mists to pick a item and you only get it wons
I got a 14-19 Shinobi Blade or something from him...

white sword = merchanted

Zubie

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Ireland

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by A_Muppet
Togo said he'd give me that 100gold back, the bugger!

...well why else did you think I ran off to get him back from Shiro so quickly? He owed me money!

Ahhh want Togo dead by then???

LOOTER!!!!

Zero7511

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

W/

Okay here's my reasoning that shiro is a W/a and no i'm not basing it on his skills just the way he fights also what the question was asking.

1. If you make W/A character and go through the lead offhand dual and use nine tails its the same animation that shiro uses when he fights and during the cutscene for the temple mission to save Vizu or what ever her name is. Also in every cutscene he walks or runs exactly like a warrior holding daggers.

2. The assasin weapon for an assasin comment is just you people being ignorant to the question. Why did they make a weapon that no other class can wield all the other green items have a require of 9 which means they can be wielded by any character with the attribute of 9. Shiros blades on the other hand are a require of 15 which requires one to have a sup or major rune of dagger mastery with a dagger +1 mask which makes the weapon only useful to an assasin when every other green item you can get with the amulet of the mists can be used by any class due to the 9 require. That was the true question i had been trying to ask.

EiS

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Save The Dragons

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by VGJustice
What? Shiro doesn't drop anything.
sorry i diden't know i don't have faction yes so i'm sorry i was just guessing he was a boos that greens can drop from

Does-it-Matter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zero7511
2. The assasin weapon for an assasin comment is just you people being ignorant to the question. Why did they make a weapon that no other class can wield all the other green items have a require of 9 which means they can be wielded by any character with the attribute of 9. Shiros blades on the other hand are a require of 15 which requires one to have a sup or major rune of dagger mastery with a dagger +1 mask which makes the weapon only useful to an assasin when every other green item you can get with the amulet of the mists can be used by any class due to the 9 require. That was the true question i had been trying to ask.
If you filter through my sarcasm, you actually see that I answered your question.

Quote:
"Why would they make a set of assassin-based weapons, that only assassins can effectively used...

As with how many licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know."
Translation:

Quote:
Due to the req, it can't be weilded by anything other than an assassin. So they made a primary-specific weapon.
Why = So only assassins can use it.

Now, if you want an answer to "Why did they make a primary-specific weapon" you'll have to put a few more quarters into the sarcasm translator.

Some answers to questions don't need to be deep and profound...

A_Muppet

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

If they wanted it assassin only, they could have just made them req 13. Same with the sword.

On a useless note, I like having 14-15 in swordsmanship for my warrior. Makes my sword attacks hurt.

Yichi

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

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

Dark Alley [dR]

Chirkk's Pincers = different skinned victos blades. same stats, but req 9 and a different, puprly, jagged skin

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

Same stats except shiro's blades do slashing damage and the pincers do piercing damage

Tijger

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by MistressYichi
Chirkk's Pincers = different skinned victos blades. same stats, but req 9 and a different, puprly, jagged skin
Except ofcourse the Pincers are daggers while Victo's is a sword.

In other words, totally irrelevant.

Zero7511

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

W/

what i really wanted to get at through this was why can't they lower the req i mean sure i've had the game for over a year and have done basicly everything you can do other than keep my character drunk for 10,000 minutes cause we all know we have nothing better to do than drink imaginary ale. I like playing as W/a using daggers lemme specify SHIRO'S BLADES they're the only dagger skin i like using on the W/A and before you all go wow thats just dumb there's a reason they made skills like warriors endurance and flourish for those skills you have that aren't adren based. Not to mention assasin skills deal massive damage adding signet of strength and being able to spam them with flourish is always fun.

striderkaaru

striderkaaru

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Retired Officer

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zero7511
what i really wanted to get at through this was why can't they lower the req i mean sure i've had the game for over a year and have done basicly everything you can do other than keep my character drunk for 10,000 minutes cause we all know we have nothing better to do than drink imaginary ale. I like playing as W/a using daggers lemme specify SHIRO'S BLADES they're the only dagger skin i like using on the W/A and before you all go wow thats just dumb there's a reason they made skills like warriors endurance and flourish for those skills you have that aren't adren based. Not to mention assasin skills deal massive damage adding signet of strength and being able to spam them with flourish is always fun.
i think that w/a with fluorish is fun too. however, you have to realize that unless you meet a weapon's req, you aren't doing the full listed damage. a warrior at 12 dagger mastery wielding max req 9 daggers will do more damage than a warrior at 12 dagger mastery wielding max req 15 daggers.

Zero7511

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by striderkaaru
i think that w/a with fluorish is fun too. however, you have to realize that unless you meet a weapon's req, you aren't doing the full listed damage. a warrior at 12 dagger mastery wielding max req 9 daggers will do more damage than a warrior at 12 dagger mastery wielding max req 15 daggers.
yes i know that, thats why i plan to post a change or requirement in suggestion fourm.