[dev1049] New weapon skills

[Detoxy]

Except some clever people figured out how to~

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/106...=1#post4915028

thats cool and all but SE should have it workin some what the first time around

[Kristal]

What is the effect of the merit upgrades? Are we talking about [100% + (y * x)] or [22.5% * (y * x)]?
They did that last one with the RDM G2 merits (ONLY RDM), and it sucks to high heavens.

[Sparthos]

I dont actually mind the specialization since it makes individual characters unique this way. These WS might make way for classes that previously had a sub weapon but couldn't use it effectively because the available weaponskills sucked.

Scythe BST, Club BLU, Marksman THF, Archery SAM etc.

Part of what made Emps bleh is the fact just about everyone has the weaponskills and thus there is no exclusivity to having one thanks to infinite brews and piss-easy mobs. With merit-based WS you get to now choose how you spec your character for 99 and it isn't supposed to be an easy decision - here's where you weed out the leechjobs from the stuff you care about.

[Zhronne]

Stuff released after VW is not a proc and I doubt these WS will be.

[Sparthos]

Wont be unlocking Shijin Spiral but hot damn I wanna shoot Suzaku's from my fists.

[Zhronne]

Doubt I will either, but I sure would have liked to have it in my arsenal =/

[Mirage]

Just wanted to say that I really appreciate the amount of detail put into these new weaponskill animations. Good job, dev team.

[Zhronne]

I'm a Vere Monk and I still don't know what to do.
I like the visuals of the new WS but damage wise it sounds pretty meh.
Maybe it works good on enemies with lots of defense, like some VW NMs?
Supposing this is true (it definitely is for Katana and Sword WSs) it could potentially be a good WS to use when Impetus or additional critrate buffs are down, making Vsmite not particularly powerful against those strong NMs.

But in all honesty as far as I've experienced it's not a very common situation, is it worth to spend 100merit points on Shujin when another job might benefit more? For example getting both the PA and the GKT ws for SAM.

[xbobx]

I thought another monk tested and it was doing as much as VS. Hopefully testing can be done on its skillchain properties. I hope it makes light with ranger puppet so I dont have to do the emp.

[Lessina]

I thought another monk tested and it was doing as much as VS. Hopefully testing can be done on its skillchain properties. I hope it makes light with ranger puppet so I dont have to do the emp.

As far as I can tell it's Fusion.

So you can make Fusion off String Shredder or Light from... Bone Crusher.

On the whole it feels pretty crap-tastic. :/