"Chaos Axe Connundrum"

SOT

SOT

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

East Texas

I got ahold of a chaos axe from some guy who grouped with me for 300 gold. Now, granted, it has max damage, and it looks really neato and all that jazz, but I was curious if there is something like this on swords, hammers, or bows as well?

I also dyed the damn thing red, so it looks killer now

chaos dragoon

chaos dragoon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Warrior Nation[WN]

R/

storm bows and fiery dragn swords are the only ones i can think of.unless you include mursaat hammers fellbades and cyrstaline swords

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

There's also eternal bows which look the same as the bows the ghosts wield.

AceSnyp3r

AceSnyp3r

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Work in Progress [WIP]

Stormbows, Eternal Bows, Eternal Shields, and Fiery Dragon Swords are somewhat like that, but you can't dye them different colors like a Chaos Axe.

Sekkira

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

I'd love a set of chaos weapons (that look like the chaos axe), fiery weapons (that look like the dragon sword), ice weapons (that look like a popsicle and emit a mist and every time they hit, ice explodes from the weapon), air weapons (that look like they're made from a bunch of swirling air), earth weapons (that look like stone or have plants growing off them or something) and dark weapons (which look like they have a dark aura around them as if the weapon is shaped out of a black hole and light seems to bend into it).

They would do respective damage type as well :>

Big Fat Duck

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

crystalline sword

Sandman Uk

Sandman Uk

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

Uk Leicester

N/R

Theres also the Ghostly staffs. Very rare i played game since beta and didnt know they exsisted. used by Monks,mesmers,Necro, Rangers can use Storm Bows, warriors can Use crystaline swords with Eternal Shields.

I have all if you want to see ingame

ign SandMan Uk

Genos

Genos

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Amazon Basin

R/E

thers alos "Murssat" bows - look very neato, although ive only seen one

Sekkira

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

Actually on top of that, It'd be nice to see some more variety in the mods. Such as having less then max damage bows, but it's a tradoff for some extra energy or something. And a bit more that max damage bows, but it's less hp or energy or an attribute or something.

That goes with the rest of the weapons too, sort of like the limited variety in focus items, but more.

Anarkii

Anarkii

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

-None-

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Genos
thers alos "Murssat" bows - look very neato, although ive only seen one
They are actually horn bows with a different skin. Theres no bow called a Mursaat Bow

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sekkira
Actually on top of that, It'd be nice to see some more variety in the mods. Such as having less then max damage bows, but it's a tradoff for some extra energy or something. And a bit more that max damage bows, but it's less hp or energy or an attribute or something.

That goes with the rest of the weapons too, sort of like the limited variety in focus items, but more.
For the past 3 days(ever since SS of the new patch came out) thinking of item modifiers reminds me of diablo 2. Off topic, but just wondering if many here are sharing my anticipation of the 1.11 patch :s

ElderAtronach

ElderAtronach

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/Me

OMG just let D2 die already, that game is so old and hacked to peices...

mrpo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

I finished the game at the weekend using a R/N (well pure R really), and although I have max damage bows, I used four different ones dealing different types of damage instead. Was I mistaken but do you *really* need max damage or is it just a misguided fascination that everyone seems to have?

Po

SOT

SOT

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

East Texas

Although most of the responses helped, the tail end of this thread has been hijacked by the off topic jihadists

Enigmatics

Enigmatics

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Tenafly, NJ

Defenders of Rillanon

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by mrpo
I finished the game at the weekend using a R/N (well pure R really), and although I have max damage bows, I used four different ones dealing different types of damage instead. Was I mistaken but do you *really* need max damage or is it just a misguided fascination that everyone seems to have?

Po
You do if you want... max damage.

Ex. A quickshot build can shoot 1.5 arrows a second, that's 3 every 2 seconds. Over 10 seconds, a max damage bow will do 323 damage, while a 10-20 damage one will do 225 damage. Most ranger marksmanship builds are about pumping as much damage possible into your arrows.

zehly

zehly

Sunshine

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Wired

Daughters of Ananke

Mo/E

Chaos axe FTW because they look cool. Max damage gold Chaos Axe FTW.

Aracos79

Aracos79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Great Southwest

Shadowstorm Mercenaries

E/

I kinda like Piercing Axes because I like to imagine dropping a pick axe into someone's skull. And no, I did not torture bugs as a child.

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Shamre storm bows suck I use a Half moon for my Tiger's Fury, quick shot build.

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

There are Eternal Bows, Stormbows, (not available for players) Eternal Swords (the ghostly hero has one), and Eternal Shields, but Chaos Axes are the only ones that dye well.

Krank

Krank

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/

one day, anet will please us of the warrior persuasion with cool looking swords that arent gay shards of glass, that drop often so it isnt 19049132941431 for one (shadow sword!?!)

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

do shadow swords still exist? i haven't seen one since release. they used to be my favorite (for those who don't know, it looks kinda life a leafblade shape, it's black, it's sized somewhere between long and shortsword, and it's made up of 2 different blades that make up one fluent shape.

Krank

Krank

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/

Nope and if it did, i bet it woulda been ebayed already for 4 figure numbers

heist23

Journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Weezer_Blue
There are Eternal Bows, Stormbows, (not available for players) Eternal Swords (the ghostly hero has one), and Eternal Shields, but Chaos Axes are the only ones that dye well.
i've yet to see a player wield an eternal sword...i hope that they will be available sometime in the future.

Tourist

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/Mo

I'd bring my W/Mo out of his semi-retirement if they made Eternal Swords available and I could get my hands on one. They're just THAT cool.

myword

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Korea

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandman Uk
Theres also the Ghostly staffs. Very rare i played game since beta and didnt know they exsisted. used by Monks,mesmers,Necro, Rangers can use Storm Bows, warriors can Use crystaline swords with Eternal Shields.

I have all if you want to see ingame

ign SandMan Uk
ghostly staves are very rare? they drop every other smite run

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

I usually just salvage my ghostly staves... The sword I'm dying for is the Shadow Blade. I'd be satisfied if they released just that.

crimsonfilms

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Ex. A quickshot build can shoot 1.5 arrows a second, that's 3 every 2 seconds. Over 10 seconds, a max damage bow will do 323 damage, while a 10-20 damage one will do 225 damage.
Oversimplification of the reality. You must consider that you will run, heal and cast other spells. Can you even cast 10 QS w/o running out of energy? And this assumes you will deal out max damage on every hit, which we know is impossible (not mathematically - but pragmatically).

In reality the gap is smaller. It is intended that way. It is how you apply your skills and attributes that has a greater effect in the long and short run.

Charcoal Ann

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

ghostly staves are rarish. they only drop from smite crawlers in UW.
what IS rare is good ghostly staves. they very very rarely drop with worthwhile mods. i always thought of Felblades as shadow blades. although i hear they both existed at one time. i do think that chaos swords should be avaliable, but i suppose bows have the stormbow unique, axes the chaos axe, swords the fiery dragon and fellblade. hammers, well hammers don't really have much in the way of a totally unique weapon. what a pity.

(the mursaat hammer has the brother horn bow)

Sereng Amaranth

Sereng Amaranth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Amazon Basin [AB]

I have a feathered Long Bow.

BigTru

BigTru

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Unique Weapons I know of -
(Mursaat) Horn Bow
Mursaat Hammer
Rightous Maul
Crystalline Sword
Firey Dragon Sword
Dwarven Axe
Serpent Axe
Chaos Axe
Ghostly Staff
Fell Blade
Storm Bow
Shadow/Ivory Bow
Eternal Bow


That's all I can think of off the top of my head, although I am sure there are more.

NekoZ

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Long Island

So Goth We Crap [Bats]

I saw a bot trying to sell a Shadow Bow, I never knew they existed after Beta.

One and Two

One and Two

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

they still drop in toa

Soul Shaker

Soul Shaker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sunshine Coast, Australia

Soul Crusaders

Yeah, shadow bows seem to be dying. I see WTS MAX GOLD UNID STORMBOW 100K+50 ECTO!!!!!11 all the time, whereas, i rarely see shadow bows being sold, when before the PvPx, they were sold nearly as much as stormbows...