Are Constructs Equal-Dragon Weapons?

[Ginnungagap]

Or is this just a question of terminology?

[Nihrahk]

Only Zoh Shia could be called that. The majority of them get bullied by Xu Wu after all.

[Darkside99x]

They are a bastard replacement for it

[ominumi]

What's a "Equal Dragon Weapon?" None of the monster hunter games every mention that phrase.

[Ginnungagap]

Originally posted by ominumi:

What's a "Equal Dragon Weapon?" None of the monster hunter games every mention that phrase.

Look it up in some loreforum. Its written about it in the artbooks. That why is would be such a big deal if Zoh Shia were one - because they havent been showed in the games before. But Zoh Shia is categorised as a Construct, and not a EDW - thus the confusion.

[liberator65853]

Originally posted by Ginnungagap:

Originally posted by ominumi:

What's a "Equal Dragon Weapon?" None of the monster hunter games every mention that phrase.

Look it up in some loreforum. Its written about it in the artbooks. That why is would be such a big deal if Zoh Shia were one - because they havent been showed in the games before. But Zoh Shia is categorised as a Construct, and not a EDW - thus the confusion.

I doubt they would classify it that way in the game, it is one, but the guild probably knows very little about it and it shows a lot in common with the other constructs so I just figured that's why the classify it as construct. Kinda like how elder dragon classification applies to things like Kirin who aren't really a dragon at all

[Fluffy Monster Thing]

Equal Dragon Weapon was never an in-universe moniker. It was from he original concept art book series.

[Leown]

EDW is non cannon, Guardians are technically close to it but nothing of that magnitude. Zoh Is closer but also no where near it.

[RedViper]

My guess is that Capcom is trying to integrate it in some kinda way into the official lore.

[Wren]

Originally posted by RedViper:

My guess is that Capcom is trying to integrate it in some kinda way into the official lore.

this is pretty obviously the answer

the Equal Dragon Weapon, as it exists in concept art, wouldn't make much sense in the established lore of the games. It's a relic of the PS2 era, after all, back before the games even had a story

Zhou Shia fulfills the exact same purpose in the lore as the EDW does in the concept art. It just looks more in-line with the direction they went with the games

The Artian weapons are similar. They're a re-imagining of the old Rusted/Ancient Weapons you could find when mining in the old games.

With the direction they're going in Wilds, I'm really hope they bring the Tower in later title updates

[Deathstrike02]

It would be BAD-ASS if equal dragon weapon were to be in this game though!

[Siturba]

Originally posted by Wren:

Originally posted by RedViper:

My guess is that Capcom is trying to integrate it in some kinda way into the official lore.

this is pretty obviously the answer

the Equal Dragon Weapon, as it exists in concept art, wouldn't make much sense in the established lore of the games. It's a relic of the PS2 era, after all, back before the games even had a story

Zhou Shia fulfills the exact same purpose in the lore as the EDW does in the concept art. It just looks more in-line with the direction they went with the games

The Artian weapons are similar. They're a re-imagining of the old Rusted/Ancient Weapons you could find when mining in the old games.

With the direction they're going in Wilds, I'm really hope they bring the Tower in later title updates

This is exactly what happened.
EDW was never canon, just an abandoned idea back in the older games that was still explained in the lore book, probably as an archive of old concepts.

Zoh Shia is what happens when Capcom takes the old abandoned concepts and adapts them to the new lore and direction. This is why Zoh Shia is not a Frankenstein-like creature made by the Ancient Civilization, but a Construct genetically created by Wyveria (and probably a failed "clone" of the Fatalis trio)

(edit for some grammar mistakes)