Real Weapon Customization

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yeah, you see someone wielding a "fiery electric shaver of fortitude"... =D

k, how about making the weapon customization cost a lot, say...10k per change or the standard 15k that way only the best( aka richest) can afford it, and you have something for the lowbies to strive for

I like this idea...
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I'll let someone else do details.

being rich doesn't make you the best and by all your complaining i know you have the max gold you can have. but guess what it doesn't matter this idea was for the newbies and non farmers who want to have something that looks good not the elistis scum and farming punks.

and futher more GW was never ment to be a grinding play by hours not by skill game.you are suggesting that by playing more and farming your *** off you are better than everyone els that is not true that just means you have way to much free time.

I feel like /signing this again. I'd counter Red Sonyas argument but I can't be bothered so I'll just say each upgrade costs more than the last, so you still have your elitism but also have more customization. Lovely.

the point in changing the look of the weapon is for personal preferences. l really personally don't care for most of the sword and axe and hammer styles...

/signed, would be really cool

LOL FTW! xD ...er, actually, in total i probably have about 150k (100k in gold, rest in materials); and 15k isn't that hard to make, take you like an hour at most to make it farming in desert. and what you talkin about...this isn't a grinding game? :P you mean you all spend less than 15hrs a day playing xD ...what do you all have? Lifes! :O *wants one!*

as to another reason why i think it should cost a lot...i have two charcters with 15k armor (ranger has 2 pieces, warrior has 4pieces + 1 desert collector helm) and i worked my ass off to get the materials and gold, it was a goal. by setting the cost high on weapon customization, ppl with aspire to get the gold and/or materials too

*BTW: if i seem like an ass, it's just my persona...i'm actually a nice guy and love to help out when i can : D

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That sounds so cool! And i dont agree that it should have to cost loads and be really hard, people should have the ability to have totally unique characters and stuf from the offset (unlike it is now).
Although i dont think we should just focus in weapon customisation, for me armour is the next thing on the list for customizable items. I hate walking into town and meeting my identical twin!

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I have been thinking the same thing. This game needs more customization, more items, and more armor! I liked the way Diablo 2 did it, but the same quests over and over became boring and the graphics weren't too great. If Blizzard and Arenanet teamed up, they could make a truly great game!

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I love this idea....im with it 100% but if they do this, people that are creative/artistic wil make some really good looking ones and sell them to the people that are not so creative and artisitc, and make a ton of money.

Right now if u customize your weapon it will be for u only, im guessing that customizing the looks will be for you only and not to sell it to other people.

This will not only help the GW economy but the "elite" weapons that drop will still be at high price.

I'd sign that idea but more around 100k per customization just to keep it more on the richer side of things.

the hole point of this is to make it so everyone can do it not just the 1% of the ppl who have 100k to blow

Actually it can't be the whole point or everyone would agree with it.

yeah and no one would agree to it if it was only 1% of all GW player can afford

a UW forgeman, FTW

love the idea Ian. i could so make a sweet bow......

AND CHANGE THE GUILD UR IN! lol. ur in our guild now >_> lol

Yeah I can see it now "LFG customization run.No noobs plz"

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Wow, I smell some anger. Sorry, but I gotta disagree with ya. I actualy like the way GW is set up. I like the fact that 'noob' players can get good strong weapons even if they don't look as '1337' as other player's stuff. To me this means that those new to the game can be just as effective as those who have played longer. Not only that, but they still have a reason to keep playing and to keep earning wealth. Farming is by far not the only way to earn money. Often, farming isn't really that far off from regular questing and missions, except solo farming, that seems a bit dull to me.

I personally have 6 lvl 20 char and most have several sets of droks armor and some have a set or two of 15k armor and all of em have at least a couple green items. I'm not saying this to brag, but rather to prove a point. Someone that is relatively noob to the game can have a single lvl 20 char that has goten to Droks and is just as powerful as my character (ex: most greens are equivalent to collector's weapons).

I personally fell in love with this game, because I was able to get a strong character on my feet quickly without being completely overwhelmed and overlooked by older players who had put in more hours than me. What kept me loving this game is that I still have so much I want to do. I know the new green items won't make others think I'm some uber kool pwner of all noobz, but I like the way my characters look and I don't find anything wrong with that. I don't do it to show off and have no trouble giving to others who need a hand with quests/missions/finance/items.

So please don't oversimplify things by trying to insinuate that everyone that has fancy looking armor/weapons is just another elitist scumbag that has no respect for others. Maybe, jsut maybe there are people out there who are still good people, that have just played the game a lot and would still like to have something to strive for...

And as for this thread, I think that would be a great idea. I would love to be able to customize my weapons visually.

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I dont see that many complaints about FoW armor...

even then, I highly doubt that A-net would make it THAT hard to afford.

Perhaps this custmization could be limited by what items unlocked or in possesion. The craftman cant do the cool icy dragon sword effect, unless the player has/have unlocked one. When he can, he can also combine that effect to something else that is also present.

Perhaps diffrent craftsmen can do diffrent stuff, like the lions arch weapons forge has his style, and the Denravi craftsman another

This would be the PVEs use of the feature of unlocking skills and gear, solve the problem with the elites loosing their position -an still make some items overly pricy

Sewwt! =P

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Okay, its a nice idea but it will also wreck the economy. Weapons are traded most of all items so there has to be something to counter that. I like it the way it is now but i do wish i could mod the extra dmg % on weapons and casting speeds etc.

Anyway, it's still a nice idea and they should do something with it.

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I agree! Don't see how they'll do it though, seems a bit hard

Great idea! I have come up with this a long time ago (maybe on another forum) but the people didn't get what I was talking about... kinda misunderstood it I guess.

Anyway, I think changing the skin is a good idea. I don't think that reforging a weapon completely is too realistic though. Like making a Fellblade from a Dragon Sword but WTH I'm in!

I think the idea that new pommel, hilt and blade skin options should be added (just like in Neverwinter Nights) is a better idea than fully reforged weapons. It would be awesome.

I also like the idea about glowing weapons, but I think that should come with elemental upgrades. Like flames in case of fiery prefix and so on, or imagine the Dragon Sword changed by the elemental upgrade, like an Ebon Dragon Sword with green flames.

My basic problem or dilemma or call it whatever u want is that swords and even some bows look way too small.... When I bought a Victo's Blade (with the shadow sword skin as u know) I thought that OMG this is gonna look cool. I admit I've only seen it in a female warrior's hands before and only on pictures. When I equiped it I thought: "What the hell, this is an oversized kitchen knife not a sword!", because I found it way too small comparing to my male warrior's bulk body. Weapon size or scale should be changed, make weapons bigger, or let us set the scale for it at crafters at least.
(Maybe it's just me with this problem...) The case is the same with some of the shields. The Aegis is the only one I like so far, and also the only one that cannot be dyed (apart from the green weapons, items and shields).
Take the Exalted Aegis as an example, it looks awesome but it's way too small (and it can't be dyed as well since it's a green).
My point here is, let us customize at least the size of shields as well, since they also make a part of our weapon arsenal.

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Well, considering that Anet is always trying to include new gold-sinks to stimulate the economy, I'd have to say that this is a great idea.

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i'd love to be able to have my very own unique weapons with the names i choose for them
gr8 ideas

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/signed good idea,

id also like to see a difference in the cantha armors they all look the same but they have different stats...