Whip as a weapon

Yay or nay?

Do you think a whip could work as a weapon? It could have some CC function and potentially be used for gap closing, such as pulling a mob or player towards you, or pulling yourself closer to a mob or player.

Maybe you could apply different ā€œcoatingsā€ to it, such as fire to give burning effects or poison.

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Could be cool but certainly lower on the list of weapons that should/would be more popular.
Who knows though maybe one day!

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Thank you for replying :smile:. Maybe one day it’ll make the list. I think it could have some cool animations.

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Its in the art books. I think it would be low dmg,stuns,knockbacks, and high dmg bleeds

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No worries! For sure if they were to add whips I would like it to be like dark souls or elden rings whips!

I personally really want dual daggers in the game or even a lightning staff or gauntlet as lightning is in the game but no weapon to go with it.

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Really? I haven’t seen the art books, but that’s pretty encouraging to hear. Stuns and knockbacks etc would definitely make sense. I would really like to see a whip weapon in game. If anything, it would feel quite unique.

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lol! :rofl: Very nice!

Oh wait… they exist in those games! I didn’t know. And there I was thinking it was a unique idea lol. Oh well, I’d still like it in NW. I feel aesthetically it fits, but then practically every medieval or colonial weapon does as well.

I’d imagine a whip would be dexterity first and strength or intelligence second.

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Hoping to see another focus support weapon after GS tbh.

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yeah man there are plenty in those games! typically dex but of course in dark souls could scale of other stats as well if it was a more unique whip. I would imagine dex and int or even dex focus could work.

infact dex focus would be intersting as it could give healers an alternative to rapier.

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I remeber seeing an earth staff being around which was more of a support CC weapon so maybe that will be after GS

Being a healer, that sounds good to me. At the moment I use rapier, but I can see a whip being just as effective for healers.

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I admit I’d like to see another focus weapon as well.

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The main problem with adding focus weapons is they would have to be utility weapons otherwise you would get healers that could also kill people and then not die. always a tricky one but if done right would be good!!

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That sounds sick. I kinda miss playing warhammer on healer. Just not a thing these days.

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Yeah, I think it would need to be another healing weapon as an alternative to the life staff.

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Great idea Zelthora, chasing people around with a whip sounds like a hoot. I will get this sent up the chain so the Dev team can have a look. Take care!

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I see this going very wrong, very fast lol

Haha thank you Zelme, it would definitely be fun to do that! I appreciate it :sparkling_heart: