#weapon analysis

Alright we gonna do a bit of a outfit/gear analysis.

Did anyone notice that there's a peice missing from ventures coat?? If their coat was whole there would be 3 portions for the skirt of the coat/jacket, left, right and back portion. But ventures coat is missing the right peice.

Why?? To make room for ventures weapon! Their handheld drill, it's such a cool detail that blizzard added on and has alot of logic behind it! If venture's coat had the right peice it would get caught in their weapon. For extra comfort venture has a guard/pad strapped to their thigh.

Also their weapon has to be one of the coolest in the game hands down. It's so simple yet so complex. In concept it's just a 2 handed mining drill. But it's way more complex then that, the drill bit is made up of 6 interlocking peices that are connected to the main weapon magnetically, that can open up to reveal it's cannon function. Because the drill bit operates separately from the handheld portion it prevents the weapon from spinning(like if you were to drill something and it gets snagged and the drill it's self starts to spin instead of the bit.) The magnetized drill bit probably operates in a similar way to how a bullet train does, instead it's localized. When interlocked the drill bit spins around the main cannon, making it able to accelerate to high speeds, giving venture the ability to both burrow and drill dash.

It's nice to see actual effort being put into characters, voice lines, character design, backstory, hiring voice actors that sound great and make perfect sense for a character.

Be still and quiet small Rogue. Your answers come in time. Know that knowledge and content arrive as passion does, they soar in tandem. Confidence to allow their wings to grow is all you need. Clip as you will, fly as you want, and surely life will affix you with spoils.

Ahem. ANYWAYS. Rogue of Hope, can’t say I’m all to familiar with either so this will be a fun little challenge while I wait (AN HOUR) for the bus.

The Rogue class is the passive steal class. They act as a Robin Hood sort and steal their aspect FOR others. In the beginning of their narrative they tend to be looking for direction. It’s like they’re the socially awkward Smart Kids at a table forced to work together on a project all sort of side-eyeing each other like: “do YOU know how to do this??? can SOMEONE ELSE take charge??????” And inevitably the Rogue will have to fill that role on their team as a leader or as a protector. Someone who has to take charge of a situation, even if they aren’t necessarily the ones Acting in that situation, they tell the others /how/ to if that makes any sense. This can come from either being in that awkward spot for too long and growing frustrated with never getting anything done, or even from a large showy dramatic event. Really just depends how you want to go about that.

Hope is the aspect of Beliefs, it can be represented with angels, miracles, and obsession. That may seem a bit negative, but I swear it’s not. You could word it as Devotion, but I feel like Obsession fits more; it sounds weird to say you’re devoted to shitty movies, less weird to say obsessed. The Hope aspect is less about religion itself and more about how people see the world. Their beliefs shape their outlook and thus their Hopes. It’s a very straight forward aspect. If anything influences your life or existence it effects your beliefs and thus your Hope. To be a Hope player is to understand what makes you happy or passionate and to believe in it’s inherent Goodness or Badness from your point of view. You may die on the hills you make and be seen as stubborn or hard headed, but you’re just sticking to your guns.

For a Rogue of Hope, they would be someone who Steals Beliefs for Others. Now what in the Fuck does that mean? I think it would be either an insider or an activist.

For the insider they would be the type to dive headfirst into something maybe a bit seedy for their friends to see if it’s okay. Like if there’s some berries and the Rogue is /pretty sure/ they’re edible because they lived on a farm they would be the first one to try them. Just in case. At first they wouldn’t be too keen on sharing their opinion, probably jotting it down somewhere for themselves and letting it go ignored. Once they’re more confident they could go gung ho into a place, scope it out a bit, maybe try and see if anyone’s secretly a Mega Dick before signalling the OK to the friends outside. This could apply to internet groups as well.

On the other hand I can see the Rogue as an activist. Maybe at first they think they won’t even make a difference but then it gets to a point where they Can’t ignore what’s happening. From that point on they would be a vicious debater and a very powerful speaker, stealing the Hope from their opposition and giving it to their own platform. This one I can see a bit more as it fits the epithet of the classpect better, but again they wouldn’t be the face of the campaign. They would love to set up the rally’s and help support, show up as a guest speaker, but they aren’t the main event here.

It’s my personal belief that a Rogue Of Hope would be an Excellet speech and debate person. No matter how they’re portrayed off of that they know their way around a dramatic monologue. I also think they’d be a good friend, always willing to indulge in whatever their friends are interested in while maybe subtly supplying their own fun entertainment options. Overall, a Rogue of Hope would be a monster in debate and a pretty fun person to hang around.

Now about those weapons.

There’s not a whole lot of consistency with Rogue weapons. Roxy has a rifle and Nepeta has claws. I think they mostly just use a weapon adapted to their environment. Roxy is in a city with high vantage points, so a rifle would fit very well. Nepeta lives in the wilds in a cave so claws on a hunter would be very fitting.

Yes! 

The champions weapons consistently have the best durability of the lot. The only exceptions being Revali’s Great Eagle Bow (because the Ancient Bow is insanely good) and the Urbosa’s Daybreaker is beaten out by the Ancient Sheild and the Hylian Shield.

Here, I’ll include a list of the top 5 of each type.

The calculations are all done by multiplying the numbers together, since the durability will give you the number of hits you can make to give the attack damage specified. The bows also multiply by number of arrows (though they will only do damage each if they hit, so bare that in mind! They’re good to use at close range for a lot of damage).

I’ve highlighted the Charged Master Sword and Hylian shield in blue because they’re cheating (lol). Discounting them, the next best for each are the regular Master Sword and the Knight’s Shield respectively.

Green is the best for each category, in case you want something that does a lot of damage and don’t care if it breaks fast, or if you want a weapon that’ll hold you over for a long time…

Bow’s range isn’t included in the calcs, but it is very useful to know! If your regular bows can’t hit something, pull out the ancient bow and snipe ‘em! I didn’t include the Bow of Light since it can only be used in the one battle, but it’s hella OP. 100 attack and durability, and 25x range. The Twilight Bow has 400x range as well, which is crazy (30 attack and 100 durability, fyi). I didn’t include any of the amiibo weapons because I don’t have any of the amiibos to get them, but I can add the calcs in if you like!

And yellow is the champions weapons you’re asking about! The Lightscale Trident in particular has amazing durability compared to the other spears. Compared to the weapons you upgrade to make them, they’re way better, and those weapons are easy to find nearby the villages where you get them replaced (Gerudo Scimitar is on a box tucked into the wall to the left of the main entrance of Gerudo Town, there’s a Swallow Bow in the room with Harth, he’ll tell you off but let you take it - there’s also one in the flight range building. Stone Smashers are all over the Goron Village, and a Zora spear… I’m not sure, in the water somewhere in the domain I think.). 

And diamonds aren’t that difficult to find with silver mobs around, and gold mobs in master mode. If you’re really pressed for them, there’s a Zora fixing pillars who will trade 10 luminous stones for a diamond endlessly.

Sorry this is so late!

A Maid of Void is someone who creates and utilizes Void for their own purpose. 

Land quest depends entirely on the Land Name, which unfortunately means I cannot give more advice on this without it.

Is- is that my internet regulated nickname now?

Cau???? Like CAW!!! Cause I say my name like caw-bool so CAW!!! CAU CAU!!! Sorry I can’t get over this!

Alright alright, serious time. Thief time. ........Time time.

The Thief is the active stealing class. They take their aspect from others in order to use it for themselves. Thieves are very confident in their own abilities and are usually very important in their session as they have a tendency to be morally grey. I’m not going to touch Vriska with a ten foot pole. But using Meenah we can pull some stuff out into the light. Thieves tend to act before they can think, getting themselves into very bad situations and then dragging the rest of their team down with them. Sometimes they do this knowingly, other times it’s an honest mistake. They’re certainly cocky and think themselves the protagonists, when usually they’re just very appreciated side characters.

Time is the aspect of change. It can be represented with music, clocks, and death/decay. Time players are intuned to some kind of rhythm, actual musical rhythm, or even the ghostly kind. They find that hum and are tied to it forever. Time players also have a pretty dark or morbid sense of humour as they are constantly surrounded with death. Time has more to do with what HAS happened as opposed to Space’s imagination or what WILL. To be a Time player is to understand that things can’t stay the same and that everything can and will change without anyone’s permission.

When we combine the Thief class and the Time aspect we get...a very interesting classpect. They Actively Steal Time from Others.

At the beginning they‘re probably a slacker, pushing all their work onto other people so they can goof off. Taking time away from someone else while extending their own.

Alternatively they could be a pro-wrestler, knocking people out of the ring just to keep the limelight on themselves. This would add to their confidence and ego.

If we can get dark for a minute, we could even classify the Thief of Time as a Doctor Frankenstein type. As in, insane doctor obsessed with how to create/extend life. They could keep themselves alive by stealing “better” parts of other people. Maybe even going so far as killing them. This would satisfy the death/decay part of Time as well as the Thief part of their classpect.

Putting them together makes a player that’s very versatile, and Very important to the session. Not only as the resident Time player, but as their Thief. They could make or break the entire session for their teammates depending on their actions. If they curb their ego a bit and work for the betterment of the session they could end up being a very confident heavy hitter. If they work against their session they could tear it apart from the inside out, eliminating quests, dismantling Denizen time limits, escalating the situation to such a degree the only way out is immediate action.

For powers, early level they could be able to jump forward in time as long as they send someone else back. Later on they could probably even leech the time someone has left in their body to rejuvenate their own selves Mother Gothel mixed with Rogue from XMEN style.

To put it lightly, the Thief of Time is powerful and they know it.

Now, for weapons I can’t really get too deep into this or I’ll self destruct- BUT. Thief weapons are usually very creative and tied to their Aspect in a very specific way. And Time players usually have a representation of their aspect in their weapon too.

For a Thief of Time I would say they would use either Fistkind- choking out their enemies.

Ok so I've been thinking about this way too much but hear me out - there's actually a really logical reason why literally everyone who gets stabbed by Skitzo's jagged knife dies so easily.

It's not just because it's a "cursed demon weapon" or whatever. From a purely physical standpoint, jagged knives are exponentially more deadly than regular blades, and it's honestly the perfect choice for someone as vengeful and murderous and sadistic as our favorite 1920s killer bear.

Here's the thing - regular knives make clean cuts. Doctors can work with clean cuts. You can stitch them up, the wound edges align properly, and while still dangerous, there's actually a decent chance of survival with proper medical care.

But a JAGGED knife? That thing is creating multiple tear points, shredding tissue instead of cutting it cleanly, and basically causing maximum internal destruction. The irregular wound pattern means:

Way more bleeding because of all the torn blood vessels

Nearly impossible to stitch up properly because nothing lines up

Massive infection risk from all the damaged tissue

Takes forever to heal even IF you survive the initial trauma

Damages way more organs and tissue on the path through your body

So victims either die quickly from blood loss and trauma, OR they face a slow, excruciating end from infections and/or wounds that refuse to heal properly while bleeding out in absolute agony that no amount of medical intervention or comfort can relieve. Either way, Skitzo gets exactly what he wants - maximum suffering.

It's honestly brilliant in the most horrific way possible. Dude really said "I want a weapon that guarantees the worst possible outcome no matter what" and delivered. No wonder he's been so successful at the whole "driving people to madness and death" thing for decades.

Sure thing!

Weaponry for an Heir of Heart

So, we’ve seen in canon that Heirs tend to use medieval and more traditional type weapons (hammer, bow & arrows and fists, psiionics?). Heart players, on the other hand, tend to have weapons that are held in the hand(s) in some way and are usually the slicing type. (Dirk uses a katana, Nepeta, Konyyl, and maybe Meulin use claws, Fozzer has a shovel of some sort? These are the weapons I’m aware of but there could be other ones for other Hiveswap characters. I’m not entirely up to date on that.)

So for a strife specibus, I have several recommendations. Keep in mind, though, that seeing as this is an Heir of Heart we’re talking about, they’re likely to be a very unique individual with a weapon suited to them in particular. So there could definitely be some variety based on both the Heir’s battle strengths/weapon preferences as well as the influence of their personality and interests on the weapon’s specific functions and powers. (Remember how the kids took their strife specibi and alchemized something reminiscent of their own hobbies? It’s like that, but to a greater degree because we’re talking about a Heart player.)

Anyway! Sorry about the rambling, I just want you to have some context! So here’s some recommendations for the Heir of Heart’s strife specibus.

Basic weaponry:

Bladekind- A very vague category, but it suits Heart players based on the ones we’ve seen so far. This can include knifekind (kitchen knife, throwing knives, etc), swordkind (rapier, katana, scimitar, etc.), as well as more unconventional sharp objects like 2xscissorkind and wirekind. If this Heir of Heart is particularly strong, give them axekind (hatchet, hand axe, battle axe, etc.)

Unique personality traits:

So this category basically has no limits. If this Heir likes styling hair, maybe they use a hairbrush, but the handle can be popped open to reveal a knife. If this Heir likes sports, maybe they use a baseball bat studded with wicked sharp metal spikes. Like I said before, this classpect has a variety of options.

And now that I’ve established some of the basics, let’s move on to some more powerful weapons that this Heir might either alchemize or receive.

The Heir of Heart’s powers are based around the passive manipulation of Soul. Perhaps they have a similar kind of ability to the ‘Spiritual Weapon’ spell in D&D; while astral projecting, or even in real life, they can summon up a weapon made from the essence of their own soul. This would require a great deal of power, though, so they’d likely only have this ability after they godtier. (Side suggestion: Since the Heir is protected by their aspect, they might also be able to manifest soul armor! Isn’t that cool? This might be like a giant aura of an avatar, perhaps a persona they have, around them. Or maybe it consists of the splinters they’re made up of, and has different powers varying as the Heir develops.)

Alternatively, they might have a weapon with the ability to absorb souls. In the dreambubbles (or a similar place) this could involve them taking in all their copies and dead selves into their weapon in order to strengthen it, passively manipulating their soul in order to create a more powerful weapon. The weapon might even have its own sort of splintered-off personality based off the Heir’s and will be able to communicate with them in some way, likely through an emotional connection. So, a soul-bound weapon made from souls. Super heavy metal.

To conclude, a weapon this Heir would get after ascending would probably be big and impressive, and they can will it into existence wherever they are. I think a battle axe would not only embody the pattern we’ve seen with Heart players’ weapons, but it would also look extremely badass. It can be summoned in the astral realm and dreambubbles, too, sort of like Thor’s hammer? It would have the ability to absorb the splinters of the Heir and communicate with its user through a sort of bond, warning them of any danger. And it will be unique to the Heir’s personality, too.