All you rangers out there with 600 gems burning a “whole” in your pocket have the opportunity to pick up a quiver back item skin.
Power Rangers in particular may be interested in the Katana skin for great swords as well, but it wasn’t nearly as exciting as the quiver showing up.
Just a quick PSA since I’ve wanted a quiver for a while
Edit: apparently “@ hole” gets a kitten :/
I’m not a fan of the katana. I much prefer my macuahuitl (Tribal greatsword skin).
As for the quiver… I’d like to have it, but my chest set’s hood (charr cultural armor. The Wrangler Coat.) interacts strangely with back slot items. It makes the item attach to the tip of the hood rather than the back, so it just floats there awkwardly.
That would be interesting to see, especially with spinal blades.
The Katana isn’t incredible, just figured I’d mention it with the quiver since I tend to dislike a lot of the GS skins out there for being absolutely massively wide.
The quiver was definitely the more important of the items for ranger looks imo
That would be interesting to see, especially with spinal blades.
The Katana isn’t incredible, just figured I’d mention it with the quiver since I tend to dislike a lot of the GS skins out there for being absolutely massively wide.
The quiver was definitely the more important of the items for ranger looks imo
That’s part of why I like my tribal greatsword. Yah, it’s overly thick. But the traditional weapon is suppose to function as a warclub as much as a sword and tended to be on the thicker side.
Granted the historic macuahuitl wasn’t large enough to be considered a greatsword. But you know, fantasy.
Edit: Though apparently there were two handed macuahuitls. I’ve just never seen one.
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That’s part of why I like my tribal greatsword. Yah, it’s overly thick. But the traditional weapon is suppose to function as a warclub as much as a sword and tended to be on the thicker side.
Granted the historic macuahuitl wasn’t large enough to be considered a greatsword. But you know, fantasy.
Edit: Though apparently there were two handed macuahuitls. I’ve just never seen one.
Yeah, I like to think of my GS as a Longsword being used with two hands rather than a traditional GS which would be used as a bludgeon as much as a sword. I actually had been using the standard “Greatsword” skin since it was shorter and thinner than most, I just wanted a bit of flare
Yeah, I like to think of my GS as a Longsword being used with two hands rather than a traditional GS which would be used as a bludgeon as much as a sword.
Actually the way you are thinking of it is the more accurate version. The ‘beat them to death’ idea of a huge sword is 100% wrong. There’s no such thing as a blunt-edged sword for bashing at armor. They either used a cut-and-thrust sword with a narrow point to stab at the armor’s joints, or even better used a different weapon entirely. It annoys me no end because fantasy games are always using the huge-might-as-well-be-a—woodcutters-axe style of sword. GW2 is no exception, look at the animations
If you’re looking for realistic but still good looking GS skins, try the Aureate Greatsword, the Ebonhawk GS, or the Kymswarden. Belinda’s is nice as well but doesn’t fit the animations at all.
source: http://www.thearma.org/medsword2.htm
No sword can hack through full plate-armor. It is nearly invulnerable to cutting. Instead, it must be cracked, dented, battered, and pried open. A wide variety of specialty weapons were conceived for this very purpose (e.g., pole-axes, halberds, war-hammers, etc.) ¾ and were more effective at it than swords.
Two-handed swords are not wielded in the same manner as a long-sword or even a great-sword. Their size and weight demand a variety of different movements and actions. In Germany, England, and elsewhere schools of defence taught their use even for single-combat. Typically their blades could range over six feet long but only weigh 4-6 pounds. They were well-balanced for wide, sweeping blows and could also employ spear-like moves.
Yeah, I like to think of my GS as a Longsword being used with two hands rather than a traditional GS which would be used as a bludgeon as much as a sword.
Actually the way you are thinking of it is the more accurate version. The ‘beat them to death’ idea of a huge sword is 100% wrong. There’s no such thing as a blunt-edged sword for bashing at armor. They either used a cut-and-thrust sword with a narrow point to stab at the armor’s joints, or even better used a different weapon entirely. It annoys me no end because fantasy games are always using the huge-might-as-well-be-a—woodcutters-axe style of sword. GW2 is no exception, look at the animations
If you’re looking for realistic but still good looking GS skins, try the Aureate Greatsword, the Ebonhawk GS, or the Kymswarden. Belinda’s is nice as well but doesn’t fit the animations at all.
source: http://www.thearma.org/medsword2.htm
No sword can hack through full plate-armor. It is nearly invulnerable to cutting. Instead, it must be cracked, dented, battered, and pried open. A wide variety of specialty weapons were conceived for this very purpose (e.g., pole-axes, halberds, war-hammers, etc.) ¾ and were more effective at it than swords.
Two-handed swords are not wielded in the same manner as a long-sword or even a great-sword. Their size and weight demand a variety of different movements and actions. In Germany, England, and elsewhere schools of defence taught their use even for single-combat. Typically their blades could range over six feet long but only weigh 4-6 pounds. They were well-balanced for wide, sweeping blows and could also employ spear-like moves.
I was thinking more for chain armor than plate when I said it would be used for bludgeoning, but yes, it often drives me nuts to see the FFVII swords being wielded in most rpg’s.
The animations do look a little silly with the smaller GS skins (GS 2 and 4 especially), but being that my ranger is sylvari, the smaller swords just look better. Less like I’m going to fall over if I hold it over my head.
Thanks.
For those interested, here is a picture of them:
http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gw2-hot-weapons.jpg
I’ll need those
Thanks.
For those interested, here is a picture of them:
http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gw2-hot-weapons.jpgI’ll need those
Those are nice
