I know a lot of people have asked for new weapons, so i thought I might as well say what I want into this awesome game too- a Chain Whip.
What is a Chain Whip?
The chain whip is a weapon used in some Asian martial arts, particularly traditional Chinese disciplines, in addition to modern and traditional wushu. It consists of several metal rods, which are joined end-to-end by rings to form a flexible chain. Generally, the whip has a handle at one end and a metal dart, used for slashing or piercing an opponent, at the other. A cloth flag is often attached at or near the dart end of the whip and a second flag may cover the whip’s handle. The flag or flags adds visual appeal and produces a rushing sound as the whip swings through the air. They also help stabilize the whip, enhancing the user’s control. This reduces the risk of the user inadvertently striking themselves. The rushing noise also helps the user with identifying the location of the other end, since the weapon moves too fast to be normally noticed by human eyes.
Why a chain whip; “why not… a Great axe say”?
Well I have been looking at my previous MMO games and many have the weapon ‘Great axe’. Since guild wars 2 is the new generation of MMO I think it would be appropriate to say testing new kinds of weapons such as chain whip would be alright. Also I think this weapon is ‘cool’ this is why I am putting my idea across, well this weapon across so it is at least seen before later release of new weapons.
How it is used
The chain whip is heavy but flexible, allowing it to be literally used as a whip to hit, hook and bind an opponent, restrict his/her movement, and to deflect blows from other weapons. The dart is used for slashing or piercing an opponent. In some cases, the dart might be coated with a poison. Because the whip is flexible, it can be used to strike around obstacles, including an opponent’s block. The whip chain can be folded and hidden from view, making it an easy weapon to carry and conceal.
Chain whip forms are often extremely elaborate. In some, the chain whip is thrown in the air and caught, flicked around the neck, or flung around underneath a recumbent performer. One classic technique, used to accelerate a spinning chain whip, involves rapidly wrapping and unwrapping the length of the chain around various parts of the body, including the legs, neck and elbows. Various twisting or flicking motions cause the chain whip to gain momentum as it unwraps. In practice, wrapping then unwrapping is used to change the direction of the spin in response to the opponent’s movement. For more information on how it is used, please look at this tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNH55EMGyO8
What it is like in action!
The weapon itself could be described as messy in battle as it is all over the place, thus making it unlikely to make it into Guild Wars 2’s weapon collection. With that said I still think it would be good as a little work from Arena-net should do the trick for it to fit in just well. This is a video from the film “Ninja Assassin” This short clip shows just how cool, messy and fluid this weapon is in combat: WARNING THIS HAS BLOOD
A fighting video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt9R_DaXJQU
A training video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl7QnmuW-ow
What profession should use it?
To be honest I have no idea, but I do have a suggestion. Why not make all professions compatible but have different skills? This way one profession will not e getting a boost because they have a new weapon. I also have another idea of only being able to buy this off the trading post (ascended right away) but that is a whole different section all together
Types of skills and range
The Chain Whip should be worked around poison, but can be open. There should be no real restrictions as this is a fantasy world. This weapon however should have multi-range as it should do close combat and ranged combat, approximately the same range as a short bow perhaps.
extra things to say: In one of the videos the protagonist starts off facing multiple antagonists who use the chain whip. I have got information of the chain whip from multiple sources. Sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes I will try to correct all my mistakes and I am really excited for new weapons overall.
A picture of a chain whip drawn out.
