World of Warcraft Weapons

The mega popular Internet MMORPG World of Warcraft (WoW) is a game that allows players to find, buy, and use different weapons. Not only are these different weapons part of the game’s role-playing appeal, they allow for different strategies to be used.

More you understand about WoW weapons, the more chance you have of making your character a fierce, lean, mean killing machine.

The vast array of different weapons that may be acquired in WoW include the Axe, Bow, Crossbow, Dagger, Fishing Pole, Fist Weapon, Gun, Mace, “Miscellaneous”, Polearm, Spear, Staff, Sword, Thrown, Two-Hand Axe, Two-Hand Mace, Two-Hand Sword, and Wand. These different weapons can also be for use for one hand or two, used by the off-hand or the main hand, wielded by the legs or shoulders or chest or wrist, and so on and so forth.

Keep in mind that knowing your level is very important to knowing what sort of weapons may work best for you. The effectiveness of different classes of weapons changes as you power level upward. But we do know of a few rules of thumb. If your character is at a lower level, s/he can almost assuredly do a lot of serious damage with a melee weapon regardless of who s/he is. If yours is a warrior character, you’ll want to use dual-wielding weapons, probably not two-handed weapons; for while the latter seems like it does more damage, if you’re a warrior you can move so fast that the speed and accuracy given to you by dual-wielders is better than needing to tote and swing that giant battle axe.

WoW weapons can be acquired from monsters drops or retrieved on quests; high level characters can also purchase rare and epic quality weapons. There are variations on every weapon, and some of them cannot be wielded by characters below a certain level. For instance, there are many Acrobatic Staffs that cannot be wielded by anyone who is not at least Level 29, the Rare Banshee Finger requires at least a Level of 50, and the “Epic” Barb of the Sand Reaver requires a character at least at Level 60. Certain minimum levels of Agility and Stamina are required for each different weapon to be wielded, too.

“Caster” characters such as Mages and Druids should focus on weapons that improve their statistics. All characters should focus on acquiring weapons that play to their general strengths and usual ways of doing things. So characters that do lots of instant special strikes should find or buy a mixture of high-damage, slow weapons and weapons that can hit from a long range, while those who prefer special ability strikes will probably want fast, high frequency strike, low damage-per-hit weapons. So as a player, you can build a character’s attributes so make him able to wield better weaponry.

So what the best World of Warcraft weapon is for you is going to depend on who your character is and at what level they are. You do, however, want all the latest enchantments that your gold can buy on your weapons. But clearly, the better you can fight, the more gold you can acquire…by force if not by honest work!

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Medieval Weapons Medieval Weapons

In medieval age medieval swords, medieval shields are used by the warriors. medieval weapons are the most important part of medieval age. Swords ranged from the smallest broadsword measuring from 30 cm to the great sword measured up to 72 cm. Weapon manufacturers closely studied the weapons of that time to produce those kinds of weapons. Homes can also be decorated by medieval weapons. Swords can be hanged on the walls or circular pattern can be made by these swords on the wall. Battles and wars were normally experienced by the people. Weaponry was the staple of medieval times. Weapons were used in medieval age just for the safety purpose and those weapons were also used as the icon of pride and honor. Daggers were also used in medieval times. There blades were sharply pointed. A dagger is approximately 14 inches in length. The two types of daggers that are popular in that era were Rondel and Stiletto. The difference between these two daggers was that the Rondel dagger was long and slim with a round disk forming its hand guard and pommel while the Stiletto dagger blade is long and slim narrowing down to a point. The other weapons used in medieval age includes shields, armor, implement swords. These weapons were also used in the outfits by royal families. In medieval times, wars were not only fought but wars were fought to death and for this weapons were very important. Different types of weapons were used by the warriors and these weapons were also used to decorate and enhance the value of dresses and homes. Medieval age period was extremely violent. Siege weapons were also used in that era. Some of the most popular siege weapons of medieval age were the ballistas, mangonels, battering rams and trebuchets.

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Mass effect weapon upgrades guide.

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One of the innovative features of mass effect was its weapon upgrade system. By defeating enemies or chatting with merchants you could purchase upgrades that enhance your weapon. Many people found this situation confusing though, but it was very useful to help beat some of the tougher bosses and challenges in the mass effect game.

With mass effect 2 on the way, I’ve been playing through the original mass effect again and been paying special attention to the weapon upgrades. The result is this guide, which I hope will help you pick the mods that are right for you!

Weapon mods, 101.

First of all, you don’t NEED weapon upgrades to beat the game. If you keep getting your butt handed to you by mass effects legions of enemies, it may well be down to you playing poorly, or having a poor build, or needing to buy new equipment. That’s not to say the a weapon upgrade doesn’t make the difference between life and death in mass effect, but if you’re being soundly beaten, don’t expect sticking some fancy McGubbin onto your guns to help!

Broadly speaking, there are two main divisions of weapon upgrades in mass effect. The first is the actual weapon upgrade, which modifies your gun in some way, and the second is the ammo upgrade, which puts special status effects on your target.

These are then further divded into different types which have different effects, and then divided yet again into levels. At this point though it gets easier, as the only difference in levels is how effective the upgrade is. It’s important to know this so you know exactly just what upgrade you are fighting to your weapon.

We will begin by looking at the first of these divisions, the weapon upgrades.

Weapon Upgrades.

Stability upgrades

Stability upgrades do exactly what they say on the tin! They are some of the most utilitarian upgrades in mass effect. They are divided into three tiers. From worst to best they are recoil dampener, Kinetic  stabilizer and Kinetic coil. They all have the same effect- they increase your weapon stability. This means the ‘zone of fire’ doesn’t expand so quickly, meaning you can place your shots more carefully on the target, meaning you hit more often, meaning you do more damage to everything. The Kinetic coil has the added bonus of giving you a small direct bonus to damage. If you’re not sure which of mass effect’s enemies you’ll be facing, stability upgrades are always a default option.

The best time to use this upgrade is when you’re facing uncertain situations. You won’t be doing the best damage possible, but you WILL get an advantage.

These work best with the assault rifle and pistol, but also find use with the shotgun.

Barrel Upgrades

Another three tiered weapon upgrade, these are for mass effect players who like lots of boom to their shots! The three tiers are: High Calibre barrel, rail extension and scram rail. They all have the same effect though- they increase the damage of each individual shot, at the expense of increasing the amount of heat generated by each shot. This means that while each shot does more damage, you can’t fire for as long before you need to let the weapon cool down. Oh, and the tier one upgrade also lowers your fire rate too.

This upgrade finds its best use on weapons that you don’t fire frequently anyway. Shotguns and sniper rifles are the best, as they have a massive damage to begin with, meaning they get even more! Plus, their slow rate of fire means most of the heat generated by this weapon upgrade will disperse before your next shot anyway. I would advise avoiding high calibre barrels all together though.

Cooling upgrades.

These weapons are the soldiers friend! A two tier upgrade, both of them reduce the amount of heat generated each time your weapon fires, and the second tier also adds a damage bonus (tier one, heat sink, tier 2, frictionless materials).

If you have a high assault rifle skill, these weapon upgrades can let you fire your assault rifle accurately and for extended periods of time for massive damage- even more so with the frictionless materials weapon upgrade. These are not worth it on most other weapons.

Sight Upgrades.

These increase your accuracy. Important for sniper rifles, but not much else. Tier one only.

Detection upgrades.

These come in two tiers, tier one being combat scanners and tier two being combat optics. Both weapons upgrades help cancel out the effect of geth stalkers (which Jam your radar), but the tier two version also pumps up your accuracy. To be honest, these are not much use, as you can easily track down enemies by sight. The higher tier combat optics though are great for sniper rifles!

These are all the weapon upgrades available in mass effect. Some are good, some are bad, but they all have their place. Hopefully, you will now know what you need to use to defeat your enemies… but this is only half the story! In the next article, we look at the second part of weapons upgrades in mass effect- ammo upgrades.

Written by EvisT

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