Discussion in   Suggestions   started     11 years ago   March 27, 2014, 06:10:07 PM   by   Meta

samurai katana

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Topic :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 27, 2014, 06:10:07 PM

suggestion:
players give their sam kats to staff members in return for ED. after a 30 day period the remaining ones get wiped from the server and cease to drop as loot. 

how does that saying go? even a noob can pvp as long as they have a sam kat.

i always told myself i would never use one cause they are so OP. but now that everyone and there mom has one i feel like i have to use it to just to keep up. id rather just see them gone so people will actually use some of the other 50+ weapons out there.

but this is just one mans opinion. figured id share in case anyone else was feeling the same way about it.

thanks for reading


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#1 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 27, 2014, 06:39:09 PM

Quote from: Meta on March 27, 2014, 06:10:07 PM
suggestion:
players give their sam kats to staff members in return for ED. after a 30 day period the remaining ones get wiped from the server and cease to drop as loot. 

how does that saying go? even a noob can pvp as long as they have a sam kat.

i always told myself i would never use one cause they are so OP. but now that everyone and there mom has one i feel like i have to use it to just to keep up. id rather just see them gone so people will actually use some of the other 50+ weapons out there.

but this is just one mans opinion. figured id share in case anyone else was feeling the same way about it.

thanks for reading


I would agree with you here. The Samurai Katana's were made much too powerful for their class of weapon. I wish that I had been around during its creation to tweak it - hopefully that would have made it a little more balanced.


However, I can say the same thing for many items on Evolution. It is my personal belief that you can be successful at PvP without the use of a Samurai Katana, though for dexxer based characters it sure does make it a lot easier. I don't know what the future holds for the Samurai Katana but I can say that I doubt its in the cards for us to simply wipe it from existence. :(

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#2 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 29, 2014, 10:22:32 PM

yea well one shot weapons in pvp? thats a joke.

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#3 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 29, 2014, 11:07:30 PM

Quote from: Meta on March 29, 2014, 10:22:32 PM
yea well one shot weapons in pvp? thats a joke.


My mistake, I thought you were stating an opinion. Not dictating what should be changed.

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#4 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 29, 2014, 11:17:23 PM

I to own one. I hate it. it's too OP to have fun with, pvp shouldnt be about 1 hitting. it should take skill. #nerfthekat

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#5 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 29, 2014, 11:39:56 PM

Quote from: pibb100k on March 29, 2014, 11:17:23 PM
I to own one. I hate it. it's too OP to have fun with, pvp shouldnt be about 1 hitting. it should take skill. #nerfthekat


#nerfthekat

pibb100k
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#6 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 30, 2014, 12:05:43 AM

#pibsatrendstarter #nerfthekat #kyncheckyourfourmmessages #thanks

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#7 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  March 30, 2014, 01:16:36 PM

I want one... but not for PVP as I'm not a PVPer.  I want one to be tougher against monsters.  Every time I see someone with one, I get Katana envy.  LOL

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#8 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  April 01, 2014, 07:26:44 AM

Nerf the max dmg on the Sam Kat. Hopefully that would diversify the PVP field (weapon wise). Though i am sure everyone would just go to another FOTM weapon! But just maybe there would be a few more viable options.
I would say somethinng about the augments as well but thats not for this topic  ;)

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#9 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  April 01, 2014, 07:33:24 PM

I would like to see it nerfed a bit to maybe even just 3 hits per kill may be a bit more fair.  I remember back when it was all melee wep PvP and triple slash was MUCH stronger.. they nerfed triple slash for this exact reason. Now they added a wep with more base damage which just brings the same damage that was being done when triple slash was much stronger.. so IMO it was sort of a step backwards, not much of an "Evolution."

I respect the staff final decision either way but I will admit it has kept me away from the game for these past months... Mostly what I enjoy doing when I hop on is some PvP and this kinda killed it for me tbh.

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#10 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  April 05, 2014, 08:40:29 PM

The Sam Kat's are way to OP, its a dice role game, i could eather 1 sot myself by getting shield spiked or i could 1 - 2 shot someone with it. as you said meta it should be turned in.

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#11 Re :   samurai katana
11 years ago  April 05, 2014, 09:19:18 PM

I love my weapon, although I don't use it for PVP, and I have about a 1000 ED's invested with 500 to level, plus 5 sockets, spell channeling, 300 luck and one handed weapon deed, +5 self repair.  However with that being said, if they decide to do away with it all together including the ones already in game, then Kyn and the rest of the staff have my support all the way. I know they are looking at the balance of the game, not out to personally hurt any one person, and to balance out PVP.  Would be nice to recoup some of the ED's spent, but if not, then I will continue to play and work towards something else =). 
 


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