weapons???? do we use them or need them at all? btw i think the beserker hp regen passive doesnt work.

[david_adrm]

are we going to use the weapons in this game?

who is excited to try out that purple or higher rarity weapon?????? Not me.

[Azisten]

Different skills have different tags. Skills with the weapon tag scale off your weapon and use your weapon. Skills without the weapon tag are more similar to spells, and use stats from gear as well as the level of the skill for scaling.

[Coader]

Originally posted by Azisten:

Different skills have different tags. Skills with the weapon tag scale off your weapon and use your weapon. Skills without the weapon tag are more similar to spells, and use stats from gear as well as the level of the skill for scaling.

Well that is a dumb system for a game that have a class (only spell skills) like elementalist. Its like saying you simply just dont benefit from this inventory slot at all, except the random pasives.

[Mortem_Fero]

Got an axe that had cast speed and chance to freeze which applied to my fire bolt (in Playtest) So overall stats affect (all?) skills. Weapon damage do not. Very Diablo 2 like (I personal like that system and hope they go creative with stats on gear that affect skills)

[Bearsuit]

Originally posted by Coader:

Originally posted by Azisten:

Different skills have different tags. Skills with the weapon tag scale off your weapon and use your weapon. Skills without the weapon tag are more similar to spells, and use stats from gear as well as the level of the skill for scaling.

Well that is a dumb system for a game that have a class (only spell skills) like elementalist. Its like saying you simply just dont benefit from this inventory slot at all, except the random pasives.

So like most aRPGs?

[Azisten]

It is like pretty much every ARPG out there. Even AAA titles like Diablo 3, the Wizards weapon sits on her back while she casts spells, and the weapon is a stat stick.

[Oc]

Stat stick.
Common arpg mechanic.
Try other arpgs and you'll see :)

[Azisten]

Originally posted by Mortem_Fero:

Got an axe that had cast speed and chance to freeze which applied to my fire bolt (in Playtest) So overall stats affect (all?) skills. Weapon damage do not. Very Diablo 2 like (I personal like that system and hope they go creative with stats on gear that affect skills)

Correct, the weapon damage does not benefit the skills that lack the weapon tag, however the stats and effects of the weapon (bonus fire damage, increase health, chance to pierce etc) do work.

[david_adrm]

Originally posted by Azisten:

It is like pretty much every ARPG out there. Even AAA titles like Diablo 3, the Wizards weapon sits on her back while she casts spells, and the weapon is a stat stick.

they could do something different. weapons should be used for a reason not just give stats. they could learn a few things from borderlands 3 regarding the use of weapons for builds and different effects. oh btw, giving dedicated drops from bosses and stuff. i dunno, instead of forcing me to kill a boss for a small chance of 0.0001% for a legendary drop and from a pool of 50.

[Cerveyio]

Weapon dps should increase spell dmg!

[BitterSwede]

I would say we can remove the "a" in that argument. This is a core RPG mechanic. Even tabletop ones like D&D and Warhammer uses weapon slots for passives only for certain classes.

Ever seen a wand being used to actually bonk baddies on the head?

[Oc]

Originally posted by BitterSwede:

I would say we can remove the "a" in that argument. This is a core RPG mechanic. Even tabletop ones like D&D and Warhammer uses weapon slots for passives only for certain classes.

Ever seen a wand being used to actually bonk baddies on the head?

Diablo 2 there's some builds you kinda smack heads with wands