Buff The Skana

[tsubasakuroi]

I'm sure they'll eventually introduce a super powerful version of the skana

A Skana Vandal maybe?

 

Maybe when this game isn't in open beta...

[Westmin]

Skana v Cronus seems pretty simple.  Get the Cronus.  I also think that keeping the Skana around to level and increase mastery is a good idea.  I sold my Skana too soon :(

[SomethingCrazy]

I actually like the Skana so much more then the Coronus. Coronus isn't as customizable with its colors and the ugly green tint on it ruins the sword for me. I understand the Skana is a starter weapon but I would love to see it as a viable option for endgame. Just making it compete with the Coronus in one area would make it much better then it already is. 

[TuxPenguino]

What do you mean? If you mod the Skana, the Cronus will still be superior in every way with the same mods. You can't upgrade the Skana to be better than the Cronus. This is pretty bad game design as the Skana is just sitting there with nobody using it after obtaining the Cronus. A shame too- the Skana is a staple of the Tenno, according to the lore. And it looks so badass! I'd like some more incentive to use it, rather than just selling it after level 30. Surely someone here understands what I'm trying to say...

I have modded and leveled my scana to level 20. The only thing that makes it great is that I have an excaliber prime which has the slash dash... But it is the primary prima promotional weapon!!! It needs to be better than all the others. I straight up refuse to use any other weapon for melee. I think there should be a level at which the sword can be fusions with another sword or dagger to gain extra abilities. That way you can customise it to poison, ice, fire, sound, ash, or even physic.

[TuxPenguino]

I think that the weapons showed on the video trailers should be the most ADAPTABLE to be able to place add-ons and fuse weapons together. Say dual scana that when put together becomes Cronus-like. Or place a greater lvl number on the weapon... Say 100 or 200. Where other weapons stop that way, in the long run you can get past the Cronus.

[Tulzscha]

Somewhat related - The Skana Prime needs to be buffed to at least be in the same attack speed rating as the Cronus. As it stands, the Cronus simply outperforms the Skana Prime in every way, plus  the charge attack is much easier to hit with. There seems to be very little margin for error on the Skana Prime's downward slash charge attack, I still completely whiff and miss even on super-slowed enemies hit by freeze damage! I think yesterday I missed on 5 straight charge attacks on a slowed Ancient Healer, ugh.

 

Then I just switched back to my Cronus. 

[PaperAlien]

I come from Mass Effect 3, where the balance of weapons is largely based on rarities (Common/starter weapons are often inferior in every way). The end result is new players have a very noticeable disadvantage. Of course, the problem was worsened by the game's random store system which, fortunately, this game doesn't have.

I've heard this concept on weapon balance and rarity before, and I think it's a good one: In a weapon acquirement system that seperates weapons into different rarities, weapons should not increase in overall viability/power, but rather niche applications. The starting/common weapons should not be neccesarily inferior, but jack-of-all-trades weapons which are viable for most situations but don't excel in any, while the rarest weapons should have more specialised functions. An example for assault rifles: the starter weapon has a balance between fire-rate, accuracy and damage (I never used the MK1-Braton enough to determine if it fits this or not), while a more advanced weapon might lean towards high damage/accuracy, and low firerate, sacrificng close-range power for long-range (Latron/Snipetron), or the polar opposite, high firerate/damage and low accuracy, and also may have gimmicks like spin-up that have further effects of versitality (Gorgon).

Therefore, I'd prefer it if the Skana did have some advantage over the Cronus. Maybe the cronus should give Skana its increased attack speed in exchange for further increased damage. I wouldn't mind if Cronus has a larger DPS and is in general still much better than the Skana, if it means the Skana is at least easier to use and has higher attack speed and is not completely redundant, even if the Cronus itself is a fairly early-game weapon.

 

E: Realised I'd made a wall of text. TL:DR, I am against Cronus making Skana completely redundant.

Edited April 17, 2013 by PaperAlien

[Tulzscha]

Therefore, I'd prefer it if the Skana did have some advantage over the Cronus. 

 

TL:DR, I am against Cronus making Skana completely redundant.

 

Yes. There needs to be a viable reason for using the Skana. I've gotten them up to lvl 11 now but haven't used them for days because every other melee weapon I own performs better in every aspect. Except looks, I think the Skana/Dual Skanas look the best out of all the swords, the Skana Prime too.

[Salvo1]

Considering that skana looks better than cronus imo i dont see a point why it should be inferior to any other melee. Maybe mk1 skana with 25 dmg and standard skana with 1.3 swing and 35 dmg.

I agree.  The Skana looks so good and its such an essential part of lore.   It's nice to have the Cronus as an option, but I don't see why the Skana has to become obsolete so fast.  I leveld it to 30, but it was painful, and I only did it for the Mastery, same as with the sucktastic Braton MK-I.

[alphex]

Skana v Cronus seems pretty simple.  Get the Cronus.  I also think that keeping the Skana around to level and increase mastery is a good idea.  I sold my Skana too soon :(

 

 

Put Skana skin as a special skin for the cronus.... problem fixed

 

 

Are those dislikes? How did people do that? or did someone report you guys?

[Vernoc]

My point is that the Skana is pretty much useless after you get the Cronus. There's no reason at all to use it, aside from leveling. Which is a shame, cos the weapon looks really cool. I just like knowing that there's a wide choice of viable stuff to kill things with, rather than one weapon being the best in a class because of numbers.

if u like skana that much und don´t like cronus , play dual skana