Will square enix ever make weapon based skills?

[Rhaja]

I really don't see this happening because of the whole "not wanting to make a weapon mandatory" thing. The closest we'll get is armor set's being a thing, or very customizable item glamor such as glows, attack effects, or changing what a spell looks like.

[Miscreant]

I would rather not, carrying scrubs is already enough effort without them purposely making them selves even weaker to have some flashy low damage skill.

Maybe if it was implemented in a way that doesn't interfere with your overall build it would be alright, everyone will just go for the same thing once it's proven to be best though.

[odintius]

Two ways maybe more as I can see it being added without it being outdated by next gear ilvl.
1. The weapon with skill trait on it can be researched by you or freind crafter and then able to learn it, but it destroys said item and then can attach/overwrite on a more current weapon/gear.
2. Upgradable weapon or gear where you go threw sets of trails similar maybe to relic perhaps were the stats increase as the ilvl increases keeping them relevant.
Just couple of idea of maybe imo.

[sorahu]

how about this lets say you grind for like a month to get this fabled weapon and weapon skill. Implementing something like this I think would work, lets say you 100% bond to your new weapon, then after 100% you have the choice to convert your weapon, allowing you to permanently keep the weapon skill. Easier said then done of course grinding time consuming high tier quest would be a must of course to keep the skill, but possible for peps who really want to keep the skill.

just blew you guys fkin minds I know lol ;p

[Ashkendor]

how about this lets say you grind for like a month to get this fabled weapon and weapon skill. Implementing something like this I think would work, lets say you 100% bond to your new weapon, then after 100% you have the choice to convert your weapon, allowing you to permanently keep the weapon skill. Easier said then done of course grinding time consuming high tier quest would be a must of course to keep the skill, but possible for peps who really want to keep the skill.

just blew you guys fkin minds I know lol ;p

If any of the skills were actually any good and not completely cosmetic, it would become an absolute requirement to grind them out because SE would have to take them into account for the raid content.

No thanks. I don't need more grind with my grind.

[sorahu]

imagine a pld being in a raid with knights of the round skill dealing 2k damage, lol maybe a pld could finally do some decent dps and catch up to war, and dark knight.

[Sapphic]

Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.

[Zarzak]

I'm sure it's on SE's list of stuff they want to try.

Honestly I doubt because modern MMOs are plagued by the lemmings who will instantly cry "BUT I PAY MY SUB I SHOULD GET THE SAME SKILL EVERY ONE ELSE HAS HOW DARE YOU LOCK SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEHIND NON SOLOABLE CONTENT SUCH AS RAIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Saccharin]

I doubt they would add this because it would make balancing even harder. Nice idea though.

Maybe they will include this with the 3.1 relics? just plan on making it so those relic weapons will stick around for longer and when new classes are added their version of the relic weapon quest is easier up until the current peak. so like if we got a new class when the new relic weapons were at five evolutions and they were getting evolution six and seven the new classes relic would follow the same path with reduced requirements up until it reached five, and then would have the same requirments to reach six and seven.

I'd like some interchangeable proc on the relic weapons. Although we could eventually choose our stats for our 2.x legendary it felt not as rewarding considering how easy it was, relatively, to get a primal/tomb weapon.

[LineageRazor]

The only way this will ever happen is if this weapon skill does not give the user any kind of advantage over players who do not have the weapon skill. SE has bent over backwards to prevent class exclusivity in endgame content. Heck, they ripped out the whole elemental wheel by the roots to prevent even the slight advantage that a class with an elemental ability might have even the slightest advantage over one without.

I could maybe see them "glamouring" weaponskills; like, if you have this sword, Circle of Scorn takes the appearance of lightning bolts instead of beams of light, with no change to damage type or potency. That kind of thing could be possible.