(XBOX)HenCeption Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 There are plenty of wraith, prime and vandal weapons but only one dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcatraz Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 There is but one Mara. I would figure it is Dragon Nikana because it was not Prime, but still an upgrade from Nikana. Nothing special to the name other than that, I would surmise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beggining Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, (Xbox One)HenCeption said: There are plenty of Wraith, Prime and Vandal variants, but only one Dragon. Just like how Mara Detron is the only weapon with 'Mara' in it: DE's probably trying to make a new line of variants, then promptly forgot. Edit: Ninja'd by @Alcatraz Edited June 20, 2017 by Beggining Gotta get back, back to the past, Samurai Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acos Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 It was an idea that wasn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickshotMcGee Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I kinda hope they continue the trend. Dragon Tonbo and Tipedo plz Also, a line of Mara weapons would be very much welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningTree3 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 My head-canon was always that, given the MR8 requirement and that it is forged from an existing Nikana, that a Tenno possessing a Dragon Nikana symbolised their transition out of novicehood, awakening the dragon within. *continues imagining* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)HenCeption Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, RunningTree3 said: My head-canon was always that, given the MR8 requirement and that it is forged from an existing Nikana, that a Tenno possessing a Dragon Nikana symbolised their transition out of novicehood, awakening the dragon within. *continues imagining* that is a pretty cool concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon94 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 8 minutes ago, RunningTree3 said: My head-canon was always that, given the MR8 requirement and that it is forged from an existing Nikana, that a Tenno possessing a Dragon Nikana symbolised their transition out of novicehood, awakening the dragon within. *continues imagining* sounds cool :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)DShinShoryuken Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Besides the MR titles, i was hoping these would mean some kind of power level that certain Tenno weapons could achieve. Imagine a Tiger Venka or a Phoenix Ninkondi.....never materialized. As for Mara....i have no idea what that was supposed to do but only having one of its kind.....we better meet someone from the Mara tribe or Lyria Mara that will give is a quest or something. Same for the Ice Pirates that use the Quantas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidaru. Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Dragon Ninkondi please ._. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miser_able Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Perhaps it's not a prefix but an entirely new weapon that just so happened to have a similar name. Like how the mutalist stuff it's technically a variant of the regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientbrute Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) dragon, nikana, both basically from asia, also prob cause so many... variants... Edited June 20, 2017 by ancientbrute my joke was horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernaut1 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 In a dev stream they discussed wanting to go away from releasing weapon variants. That's one of the reasons they slowed down releasing Prisma weapons too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xekrin Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 1 hour ago, RunningTree3 said: My head-canon was always that, given the MR8 requirement and that it is forged from an existing Nikana, that a Tenno possessing a Dragon Nikana symbolised their transition out of novicehood, awakening the dragon within. *continues imagining* Since this was the first weapon I actually strived to obtain that felt worth the climb in MR, not to mention the sacred (at that time) argon crystal required, I completely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Silverback73 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Alcatraz said: There is but one Mara. I would figure it is Dragon Nikana because it was not Prime, but still an upgrade from Nikana. Nothing special to the name other than that, I would surmise. It still needs a balance pass...it's CRIT needs a buff to make it slightly better than Nikana Prime to reflect the quality of it's supposed master craftsmanship. Edited June 20, 2017 by (PS4)Silverback73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obviousclone Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 only a shimada Nikana can control the dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvaDreams Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Simple, because it's not a prefix. It's just a upgrade to the standard Nikana thus it got it's own name but it wasn't a Prime. It's like modern games, you have the Standard - Nothing special Deluxe - A bit better than the Standard Gold - The best version (Ironic I know with Primes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)robotwars7 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 because Japan basically. 6 hours ago, Hypernaut1 said: In a dev stream they discussed wanting to go away from releasing weapon variants. That's one of the reasons they slowed down releasing Prisma weapons too except they won't be able to, for several reasons: - if they stop making Prisma weapons, lees people will be interested in Baro and spend less time farming for Ducats. - if there are no more Wraith/Vandal weapons, how do they expect to get people playing any events/Tac Alerts they put out? - they definitely can't stop making Prime weapons, because then nobody would buy the PA. they can make less variants of weapons so that we don't have a Cernos situation with 4 different versions, but upgrading your arsenal is a driving factor in this game and is part of Warframe's progression system. it would be suicide for DE to take it out, so they'll keep releasing improved versions of existing weapons no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkyPygmy Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just throwing this out there, not EVERY prefix has to apply to multiple weapons. There's really no need to have a million weapons with a bunch of rotating prefixes that really do nothing to change a whole lot about the weapon. I'm personally fine with Dragon Nikana being the only weapon with Dragon as a prefix. We have plenty of variants as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernaut1 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) 18 minutes ago, (PS4)robotwars7 said: because Japan basically. except they won't be able to, for several reasons: - if they stop making Prisma weapons, lees people will be interested in Baro and spend less time farming for Ducats. - if there are no more Wraith/Vandal weapons, how do they expect to get people playing any events/Tac Alerts they put out? - they definitely can't stop making Prime weapons, because then nobody would buy the PA. they can make less variants of weapons so that we don't have a Cernos situation with 4 different versions, but upgrading your arsenal is a driving factor in this game and is part of Warframe's progression system. it would be suicide for DE to take it out, so they'll keep releasing improved versions of existing weapons no matter what. That reasoning is coming from their mouth. I never said they were going to stop completely, but they have definitely slowed down the release of reskinned variants. They gave that as the reason for the lack of Prisma weapons from Baro. It's intentional. I don't think they lumped primes in with that group either Edited June 20, 2017 by Hypernaut1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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