Loving the game so far, but whenever I create a new realm and a new character, I usually have in mind what kind of build I want to do, aka what kind of weapons I’m going to use, but sometimes it can take a very long time to find the weapon I want to use with my brand new build. It would be nice if the first guy you talk to when you wake up on the beach, when you loot him, you get a menu that allows you to get your first weapon of choice. It will be the lowest version of it, but at least you can start playing the style you want from the beginning, instead of being stuck with other combat systems you are not interseted on.
i think the game does want that early “scrappy” phase where you just use whatever you find
the problem is it can go on too long, and then it stops feeling like experimentation and starts feeling like delay. i’ve had a couple playthroughs where i NEVER saw the weapon i wanted in the entire campaign as it is now. i had to craft it in another realm
your idea would keep that phase but give players a way to pivot into their build sooner. i think there’s something to that. perhaps the class system holds an answer to this as well ?
I’d say that Fillmore’s shop in Mariner’s Keep sort of fulfills the function of letting you choose a weapon class (and since early weapons tend to have better-developed movesets, he has some solid choices).
If you’re aiming for a specific weapon (outside of uniques) and want to get it the solo self-found way, you can upgrade and spam random research at Maker Danos. Shouldn’t be more than 30 research notes to get almost any weapon. I can see how it feels like a delay though, since you’d probably want to upgrade Grinnich (or the Seneschal) for bear parts and Fillmore/Whittaker for crafting stations as well.
The scrappy phase is nice the first time around, and crafting it on an alt might be the ‘intended’ path for subsequent characters. (The recent patch also reduced penalties for insufficient attributes, so there’s no more need to craft it on the primary, research and re-craft on the new char.)
Agreed. I have the same issue right now. I want my new character to be an archer but I haven’t found any bow yet. Even the blacksmith doesn’t sell one. I wish we could craft some very basic weapons and tools right after the prologue.