Dragon Nikana Prime

[Ironlixivium]

So I just got my nikana prime, and I put my scabbard skin on and at first I was surprised that it took the normal nikana animation, not the dragon nikana one. Yeah yeah, I know, it should've been obvious, but seeing as the nikana prime is a deadlier weapon that the dragon nikana, I had automatically assumed that it would take the dragon nikana texture/animation. (or idk, have an even more violent animation made specially for it?) But that got me thinking. There's no reason to use my dragon nikana now, even though it was supposed to be the strongest sword. So now the nikanas feel kinda...incomplete. It seems to me like DE wanted the dragon nikana to be something special, an upgrade to the normal nikana that surpasses all other swords. Now it's just the middle man in between the normal nikana and prime version. So I must bring up the question, and I'm not just adding prefixes and suffixes for the hell of it, will there be a dragon nikana prime?

Edited March 1, 2016 by Ironlixivium
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[Genitive]

I don't think so. Redtext said Nikana Prime was a primed Dragon Nikana. The scabbard skin might be a bug. Or a feature, whichever you prefer.

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[Ironlixivium]

1 minute ago, Genitive said:

I don't think so. Redtext said Nikana Prime was a primed Dragon Nikana. The scabbard skin might be a bug. Or a feature, whichever you prefer.

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Alright, think I should report it as a bug then?

[Genitive]

I would ask somewhere on the forums whether it is intended or not.

[(XBOX)Grihaly]

Stat-wise it's an upgrade of the Dragon Nikana. Lore-wise Prime gear is superior to anything Tenno can make. The Dragon Nikana is the best Tenno-crafted sword, the Nikana Prime is still superior with its Orokin craftsmanship, even with it aesthetically being closer to the regular Nikana.