Can We Add A New Item?! Shortswords : Weapons That Can Be Used By Any And Every Class!

Have you ever been a mage walking along a road, surrounded by armed-and-armored zombies in an instant and unable to fight in close quarters? An archer in a cramped sewer with howling ghosts closing in fast? Well how about fixing that with an all-round secondary weapon or two — the versatile and finesse shortsword!

This weapon could, if introduced into the world, have its own skill(s) to utilize when faced with a threat a bow cannot face. It would have a moderate reach, medium attack power and speed, and useful as side weapons in the aforementioned cases of the archer and the mage! It could be a drop from monsters (like...I dunno, zombies, pigmen and the sort), sold by weapon merchants, and otherwise about as common (or unique) as any other weapon!

And yes, I know it is probable nobody will notice/care about/consider my offer, but it could actually be a decent idea if developed! Comment if you have questions, ideas, or just want to tell me how wonderful/stupid my idea is!

 

Ice snake?

Arrow shield?

Correct if I'm wrong, but both of these spells are designed for close quarter combat, infact majority of archer's spells like arrow storm/bomb/shield can all be used at a close range.

As for the rest of the idea, giving a melee weapon to the two ranged classes in the game, while not a bad idea, sorta defeats the purpose of the class being ranged. Not to mention both classes are designed with range in mind, archer for example has high range and damage but a terrible defense due to the fact people will be using the class mostly for long to mid range combat, using a sword of some sorts wouldn't be beneficial because of the crappy defense and so the mobs will more than likely chew your health away like a 9 year old being exposed to sweets at a birthday party.

 

Well what if you’re level 5-20 “noob” who doesn’t have those abilities? (I am a level 11 archer, and I have, many times, been surrounded and killed by zombies in close quarters.

 

Also I thought it would be cool for there to be a weapon all classes can use...

 

It’s so easy to level up at your level, and I’ve never had that problem before

 

It’s not easy.

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And I think it is a really cool idea.

 

Mage has teleport to escape through mobs if they get cornered and can heal afterwords
Archer can escape out of corners or if there is a low roof then can easily arrow storm the mobs back
Warrior can just charge through or knockback with bash/uppercut
Assassin can just vanish or stunlock enemies with spin attack

All those options are available at the aforementioned level of 11 which is not that hard to get to so each player should be readily equipped to handle most situations just from a 3-click combination

Additionally..

How would the weapon damage scale through the levels? Would the weapon have IDs? How common would these weapons be? Would you wield them in your primary hand or secondary? How those the damage compare to the primary counterparts (be specific)?
There are still a lot of unanswered questions for an idea that is not needed in general

 

But it would be so cool to have a weapon common to all classes...

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Of course the vast majority thinks my idea is stupid.

 

I think if a majority of your idea is stupid/flawed/etc.
it is probably stupid/flawed/etc

 

Alrighty then since people hate this idea I’ll just delete the thread

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No problem there, right?

 

Actually, the idea seems interesting, you just needed more detail. Ex. Stats, what kind of spells, etc.

 

Why would it be cool? The classes are meant to be DIFFERENT. Becides, this could ever only be useful for archers, who are meant to be AWAY from enemies.
Assassin and warrior are melee andhave CQC spells, mage’s attacks and spells all have a HUGE AoE
So an all-class item that only helps one? No thanks

 

I’m just a wishful noob who thinks shortswords is a good idea; I wouldn’t really know what abilities the sword would have, or even if it would have any at all.

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If the shortsword had an ability it would be like sword sweep, deep cut, or something like that

Sword sweep : The sword damages all around it in a small radius and knocks them back or something

Deep cut : The target bleeds for 3 seconds or something

 

It is easy.

 

what about assassin and warrior they would have no use for such a weapon , assassin basically has a shortsword already
if anything assassin/warrior should get a crossbow as a secondary weak ranged weapon and mage/archer should get a shortsword as a secondary weak melee weapon.

 

give them bows to even it out :^)

 

I agree.

 

Either way, arrow storm provides a decent knockback boost towards you opponents

Outside of spells, the classes won't seem very diverse, and that's the point of having the classes, to play a class that suits your play-style, Archer isn't meant to run into battle with a short sword Leroy Jenkins style, and Warrior isn't made to snipe off enemies at a distance. Each class has specific abilities and stats that place them in the play style they're intended to be in.

 

Don't worry man we all went through this phase.

 

its insanely easy to level up at your level.