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Thread: SWORDSMEN'S ROUND TABLE: On weapons...
Epac,
Well ideas were asked for I presented some I had. If you dont' like it fine but I think they are valid ideas for a sci-fi setting such as SWG. Also read my full descriptions next time. Plasma is generated by the sword power coreand kept in a tight magnetic field along the edge of the blade. Similar to the cold based one. And as far as these being a problem with running out...guess we will just have to throw out all those flamethrowers and blasters and other ranged weapons since they obviously will run out as well? Remember this is basically a fantasical world with Jedi, Star travel etc. They are just ideas to give some variety to the class...does not mean that any of them will be implemented. But I do agree with you on one point. It is called the swordsmen class...maybe renaming it to 2-handed melee would give it a better description of the true nature of the class.
Epac wrote:
...elaborate how a melee weapon would be able to deal plasma damage, cold damage, or fire damage. Yes, you put petrolium on a sword and light it on fire and you have fire damage, you keep a sword in an absolute 0 environment for a long time and you'd have cold, but how would those enhancements last? The petrolium would run out, even the cold blade would warm up on Hoth.
You seam to be stuck with modern day technology. If you have a problem grasping how this would work, then think a lil about how a light sabre works. but, I degress.
I would like to see the Vibro Sword, a flamberge, odashi, and something along the lines of the Buster sword. It would be nice to see some other forms of damage such as Electric and/or Cold (for lack of other weapons with those damage types)
But you have to remember that items DO "Run out"....Item decay.....
Your flamethrower runs out of juice and gets worn out(Item deacay numbers get low) and eventualy you have to fix and recharge it(repair kit) or just buy a new one. I know it is a very broad rationalization for how it works....but it does 
It you want a very literal method then we should talk the devs into making some new Battary schimatics in one of the artisan prof's and requiring all "Powered" weapons to use them regularly to gain a certain numbet of shots....IMHO it would be very Cool and Encorage more people to look into melee professions....not to mention a very good balancing move for the ranged vs melee debate(Melee would be cheaper ) But the devs are not likely to do that.....Well with the new combat changes any thing is possible 
About flame swords, ect....In a galaxie with "Light sabers" that cut almost anything, block and reflect Other light sabers and beams, and Absorb large amounts of raw energy.....and you have a problem with a simpler melee weapon that has a mechanisim that keeps it hot or cold? We already have Tools like that in out society....Doesn't seem too hard to imagine that in the advanced SWG that they would have expanded beyond using that technology for more then just tools....weapons perhaps?
My Top list so far :
Simple Longsword, Mace, Flail, Vibro Sword, Heavy Cleaver.
And Plasma, Cryoban, Grav, Vibro, and Stun versions of some if not all of them.
Another 2 handed weapon I would like to see is a ancient asian weapon called a Tetsubo. Basically about a 5 foot long iron club with spikes clustered along the shaft. It was used as a anti calvary weapon by swinging at the legs of horses with it which shattered their legs.
Would be nice to see a upgrade of the cleaver as a bigger and stronger weapon, possiably with vibro motors. We need more weaspons capable of using loot items in the construction. Currently practically every ranged weapon can use either feed mechanisms or krayt tissues, yet only swords and vibro weapons can use loot items that I know of. Still waiting to see a good set of rancor teeth. But due to this our elite profession weapon can not use any loot in its construction.
Anyone play soul calibur 2?
maybe a type of "massive sword" that Nightmare uses, that must be wielded by say wookies only heh.
what else
here is an idea i came up with late, late last night watching conan....
ancient weapons, or something of the like. they are basic weapons that are in their simplest forms, but take mastery of the different levels of swordsman to weild. in techniques it would be a ancient sword (a claymore, or flamberge) in defense it would be an ancient morningstar (a large bludgening weapon that does blast damage) and in offense there would be an ancient axe (a large war axe), and in finesse it would be an ancient samurai sword (reason why i say finesse is because that is exactly what it took to wield a samurai sword finesse.)
the reason why i say they would be certified at master levels is because a swordsman of that calibre would be familiar with weapons of all forms of weapons, and they would be the best quality objects as far as two handed weapons go. and they could apply variations of ancient weapons to all the melee, like a ancient halberd for pikemen, a ancient rapier for fencers, and so on and so forth.
and in order to gain access to these weapons a melee fighter would have to go through a trial or quest pertaining to their class, (i know weaponsmiths may not like the idea, but they have all sorts of other things to make as well) if you pass the quest or trials, you gain a schematic for the weapon. and you craft it yourself, putting your knowledge of your art and mastery of weapons into it.
what do you guys think?
I don't think we need new weapons.... All we need is a new ability:
How to wear that huge two-handed weapons on our back.
JediQuic wrote:
Long Katana - FF7 Sephiroth Style
It doesn't look that heavy, I would rather go for Clouds sword.. THat big badass thingy. 
Also, how about gunblades, such as the ones they have in FF8? If noone has suggested this and it doesn't violate copyrights.