Since they are small and used by many classes as instruments rather than actual weapons, there should be an option to disable the skin on Daggers (OH only for Thief, both for other professions), Foci, and Warhorns so that professions can appear to be empty-handed or single-wielding.
I would love this for my Elementalist, who honestly looks odd holding dual daggers while not actually fighting with them and instead casting close range spells.
Since they are small and used by many classes as instruments rather than actual weapons, there should be an option to disable the skin on Daggers (OH only for Thief, both for other professions), Foci, and Warhorns so that professions can appear to be empty-handed or single-wielding.
I would love this for my Elementalist, who honestly looks odd holding dual daggers while not actually fighting with them and instead casting close range spells.
There is absolutely no reason what so ever to hide your weapon, besides wanting an upper-hand in PvP. And that reason alone is reason enough to NEVER offer this.
Instead what should be done is to offer a wider variety of skins for each weapon type. Design weapon skins with each class that uses the weapon in mind, as well as each potential weapon combination involving that weapon type.
As for your dagger, if you want it more-or-less hidden get Tear of Grenth it’s a hard skin to see due to it’s transparency.
You can also get some other unorthodox dagger skins like Jormag’s Needle and call it a “magical focus”
There is absolutely no reason what so ever to hide your weapon, besides wanting an upper-hand in PvP. And that reason alone is reason enough to NEVER offer this.
Instead what should be done is to offer a wider variety of skins for each weapon type. Design weapon skins with each class that uses the weapon in mind, as well as each potential weapon combination involving that weapon type.
As for your dagger, if you want it more-or-less hidden get Tear of Grenth it’s a hard skin to see due to it’s transparency.
You can also get some other unorthodox dagger skins like Jormag’s Needle and call it a “magical focus”
False.
False.
False.
Surprise, surprise. Hiding your OH would convey very little benefit in PvP and is purely an aesthetic request.
I personally wish the Anomaly would float by my head and I could hold my 1hand sword with two hands. Maybe one day they will give us aesthetic choices for how we wield weapons.
trouble is you still “use” the weapon in your off hand when using offhand skills (or dual skills for thief) so hiding it would have thieves stabbing people with empty hands and such.
For the casters it can vary on the skill and weapon and theres less silliness with a mage casting spells from their hands but there would still be some inconsistencies and such.
There is absolutely no reason what so ever to hide your weapon, besides wanting an upper-hand in PvP. And that reason alone is reason enough to NEVER offer this.
Instead what should be done is to offer a wider variety of skins for each weapon type. Design weapon skins with each class that uses the weapon in mind, as well as each potential weapon combination involving that weapon type.
As for your dagger, if you want it more-or-less hidden get Tear of Grenth it’s a hard skin to see due to it’s transparency.
You can also get some other unorthodox dagger skins like Jormag’s Needle and call it a “magical focus”
False.
False.
False.
Surprise, surprise. Hiding your OH would convey very little benefit in PvP and is purely an aesthetic request.
Really? No benefit? I would love to be able to hide my offhands on you. Suddenly swap weapons and you are being pummeled and stunned, laying dead on the ground it finally dawns on you…that warrior had a SHIELD equipped to stun you right before unleashing the spike damage.
Offhand weapons can tell you so much about a person’s build. If you see a warrior with a shield, you know they have utilities also designed to control you (stomp and bolas come to mind).
Ever seen elementalists using dagger/focus? I have, and they use the focus skills to devestating effect thanks to everyone expecting that ele to only have very specific skills (surprise kills people more often than you would ever like to admit).
Dagger/pistol thieves play very differently than dagger/dagger thieves, and a good pvper will notice what weapon that thief has from afar before the fighting begins to alter how they approach that fight.
Seriously, you must not pvp much at all to assume it makes no difference.
My Character’s are full height Norn’s. No matter how big a screen I play on, I can’t see what most players are wielding. Pfft, I can’t even tell if Asura has arms!
There is absolutely no reason what so ever to hide your weapon, besides wanting an upper-hand in PvP. And that reason alone is reason enough to NEVER offer this.
Instead what should be done is to offer a wider variety of skins for each weapon type. Design weapon skins with each class that uses the weapon in mind, as well as each potential weapon combination involving that weapon type.
As for your dagger, if you want it more-or-less hidden get Tear of Grenth it’s a hard skin to see due to it’s transparency.
You can also get some other unorthodox dagger skins like Jormag’s Needle and call it a “magical focus”
False.
False.
False.
Surprise, surprise. Hiding your OH would convey very little benefit in PvP and is purely an aesthetic request.
Really? No benefit? I would love to be able to hide my offhands on you. Suddenly swap weapons and you are being pummeled and stunned, laying dead on the ground it finally dawns on you…that warrior had a SHIELD equipped to stun you right before unleashing the spike damage.
Offhand weapons can tell you so much about a person’s build. If you see a warrior with a shield, you know they have utilities also designed to control you (stomp and bolas come to mind).
Ever seen elementalists using dagger/focus? I have, and they use the focus skills to devestating effect thanks to everyone expecting that ele to only have very specific skills (surprise kills people more often than you would ever like to admit).
Dagger/pistol thieves play very differently than dagger/dagger thieves, and a good pvper will notice what weapon that thief has from afar before the fighting begins to alter how they approach that fight.
Seriously, you must not pvp much at all to assume it makes no difference.
Thank you Runiir, exactly the point I was trying to make. You’d have to be either dense or actively pursuing the advantage of surprise to claim that such an advantage doesn’t exist.
