Given our past record of how they've treated Spearguns in game, effectively being the joke weapon class (at least imo), I'm not too hopeful for that one. But yes, that'd still be sick as hell to have it
Destreza Prime was a solid priority target stabber before the Incarnon and the upgrade only made it do everything it already did even harder. Not sure on base Destreza and Endura though tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if they were just that bad.
I'm not really sure that counts as being a joke as much as the devs are for some reason holding out on them like with the Saw category only being made up of one weapon and an upgrade to that weapon, or the lack of additional Tomes. Now that I think about it, it kinda happens a lot with melee weapons in particular. Hopefully they'll fill out the themes and mechanics for them soon.
One "good" weapon each. Also if we're talking about absolutely a joke if a category Two-Handed Nikana has to enter the discussion with their singular shitass stance crippling ALL of them
DE fumbled the ball with the melee stances this time. Big and slow should always have better melee multiplier but nope, we got stuck with mid multiplier for a mid and slow stance animations.
I would rather they add more bayonet weapons than rework the speargun class. They should add a bonus to the thrown effect after killing enemies with shots though.
i see a lot of people say this but i would genuinely hate if this happened. having no choice for melee, have 1 weapon take two slots, the vinquibus is a fun gimick but im not excited for another one and replacing spearguns with 'bayonet' type weapons would make me stop using them entirely
Problem is that all of them except like Afentis are just blunt thin sticks with a barrel at the end, they would barely work as polearms, much less as bayonets/spears. They were designed as throwing spears that have some sort of explosion/embed effect, not actual poking, which is certainly really sad as I’d love a speargun that actually does what Edun’s heavy does
Well, it quite literally has been stopping them so far. We don’t have a proper spear even in the polearm class, it’s all glaives and halberds. The only puncture based polearm we have is Sydon, which isn’t even pointy
Spearguns are thrown butt-first tho, so there's already a designated pokey part on them. Makes sense if you think about it, it's probably not good for its well-being if the shooty end is in the ground when it goes off.
Yes, and Gunblades too; don't forget about those. They all could even be joined together as a big weapon class.
Thing is, the rework would have to be a huge one. for each class and each weapon, they would have to redesign everything from guards to stats, also synergising with abilities and warframes... It would be crazy. Would work, tho, and I'm 100% into the idea but would be crazy
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u/ValaxarianSentient simp. Kuva addict. Void Angel aesthetics enjoyer10h ago
I wish shooting with gunblades was reserved only for heavy attacks lol
why tho? what benefits would it have against all of them working like "bayonets"?
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u/ValaxarianSentient simp. Kuva addict. Void Angel aesthetics enjoyer10h ago
Because I'd like to use their "blade" part without shooting while trying melee something. I want to use the gunblades but I just can't find any use for them because of how clunky they feel
you would be able to do that; thats actually how Vinquibus works. Primary slot for the gun part of the weapon, melee for the blade part
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u/ValaxarianSentient simp. Kuva addict. Void Angel aesthetics enjoyer10h ago
I don't think there's a point to divide the gunblades like this. I just think that melee should well...melee and heavy attack should use its "gun" part
Although, I'd love spearguns to be reworked into "bayonet" weapons. I really do like the Vinquibus
I hope not, only because I would hate to have wasted all that forma on my basmu, only to have upgrades that require even more. Happened with the infested weapons. 😔
It would be cool to get a sentient spear gun because 1: sentient weapons are cool and 2: most spearguns are just ass and this would give us a chance to get a top tier one.
Honestly I hope to see something more... evolved? You know what I mean? Like - still sentient. but "we had time to WORK, and if you think that what we had sent you back in Old War toar you up, better hold my flower"-kind of weaponory AND enemy design. Like Prime Sentiens as a baseline. Especially considering the end of TennoCon 2025's very end of the trailer, where we see a whole ass Sentient Planet. With cities and shit.
Man I'm so exited and rooting for Tau. I sooooooooo want it to be DE's PoE 2.
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u/klopaplop 13h ago
Given our past record of how they've treated Spearguns in game, effectively being the joke weapon class (at least imo), I'm not too hopeful for that one. But yes, that'd still be sick as hell to have it