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Thread: Pug/Mnk Weapons

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    Pug/Mnk Weapons

    With the past recent comings of the of the new ancient weapons, I find my ls's talking more and more about how dumb and counter-intuitive the monk weapons look. the design is cool, but the handle is in the wrong spot. the handle should be more under the weapon than behind it. What we think you should really be going more for is a handle / wrist strap style like this:



    ergonomically correct, and proper support. But i suppose your design does allow the user to drop their weapon easier and run away. lolmnk
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    I thought the designs were wierd, too, buuut, Monk dont punch that hard at all. They focus their chakra and let the greased lightning do it. So no breaking Wrists here.
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    I'd rather they stop putting in claw type weapons and use more cesti designs.
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    I wouldn't mind the claw style if they didn't look so dumb when equipped. Many of the MNK weapons look just way out of proportion however, including the cesti type. I'd rather they introduced glove style weapons than these over sized abominations.
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    I was just tring to show an example of having the handle underneath with part of the weapon going over the hand. they can put whatever end on they want , blade or ball or w/e. just think the weapons look really funny with the handle behind the weapon.
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    Last edited by Atomisk; 03-30-2015 at 06:07 AM.
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    Kanemano Manomano
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    Monk weapons are based on historical weapons. For simplicity of design, they seem to have them all based on how the Katar is wielded;

    Katar (from Kattari, meaning "fist blade," a type of push dagger);


    Patas (Gauntlet Sword);


    Bagh nakh (hindi for "tiger's claw" - claw-like weapon designed to fit over knuckles or in the hand and between the fingers);


    Cestis (ancient Greek battle glove);


    Himantes (ancient Greek boxing glove);


    Personal opinion though; I'd rather see the weapon be more fist/glove like, maybe even with some asymmetrical aesthetics (claw on one arm and blunt on the other).
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    Last edited by Kanemano; 03-30-2015 at 07:06 AM.

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    I just wish they stopped making the Monk weapons HUGE. This really makes them look comical rather than cool, as they look like they'd just flop around on your arm. The OP's claw looks really cool but I think the current weapons would look much better if they were scaled to our hands better.
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    Atiqa Craiger
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    I totally agree...

    I don't really like the Kaiser Knuckles design, but it makes it much worse the way your character holds them... Looks stupid, and you would never be able to use a weapon like that in real world, at least not while hitting hard. This is a fantasy game, but some things should be kept within the laws of physics to a reasonable level at least.

    The design of most MNK weapons are just awful IMO, and it has nothing to do with them being claws or more like cesti weapons, because I can like both if done right, but they all look so weird IMO.
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