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Overview

Weapon Customization is a system released with Issue 11 where players can select the look of drawn weapons for those power sets that use drawn weapons. Weapon Customization is essentially a costume option that is only available to certain powersets. Changing your weapon model in no way changes the effects of the powers that use them.

The weapons that can be changed are Assault Rifle, Mercenaries/Assault Rifle, Axe, Bow, Broadsword, Claws, Villain Claws, Dual Blades, Katana, Ninja Blade, Mace, Robotics/Pulse Rifle, and Thugs/Dual Pistols.

All weapons will be selectable individually, including any dual-handed weapon sets being able to select different weapons in each hand. This goes to the point of a Thugs/Trick Arrow Mastermind being able to select left hand pistol, right hand pistol, and bow separately.

There are many, many available choices for individual weapon selections, including a number taken from the various in-game NPCs. The majority of possible selections will be available to the appropriate ATs at creation time. Many selections will need to be unlocked before they can actually be used. These unlockable ones will primarily be weapons linked to particular NPC groups. Unlockable weapons have the potential to be unlocked by any method that can currently unlock costume pieces, including as recipe drops. However in this initial release unlockable weapons are being linked to existing faction badges[1], with the exception of the Vanguard related weapons that will be craftable at the Vanguard Invention Tables with Vanguard merits.[2]

In the list below, Default models are ones that are available at character creation. Unlockable models must be unlocked during game-play.[3]. The information on what unlocks certain weapons was obtained from a I11 closed beta post by Back Alley Brawler.

Weapon selections

The weapons are up to date as of the Issue 11 release on Nov 28, 2007.

Assault Rifle

Used by the following:

• Assault Rifle/* Blaster (Hero)
• Munitions Mastery Ancillary Power Pool (Hero)
• Assault Rifle/* Corruptor (Villain)
• Mercenary/* Mastermind (Villain)

Default models available:

• Legacy Assault Rifle
• Assault Rifle (Color tintable)
• Legacy Merc. Assault Weapon
• Merc. Assault Weapon (Color tintable)
• Silenced Merc. Assault Weapon (Color tintable)
• Mk. II Merc. Assault Weapon (Color tintable)
• Military assault rifle
• Sniper rifle

Unlockable models:

• Tommy Gun (Unlocked with the Untouchable badge)
• Council Assault Weapon (Unlocked by Defeating 200 Council)
• Council Sub-Machine Gun (Unlocked by Defeating 200 Council)
• Nemesis Rifle (Unlocked with Unveiler badge)
• Nemesis Rifle 2 (Unlocked with Unveiler badge)
• Vanguard 'Redding' Rifle (Unlockable with 100 Vanguard Merits at the Vanguard purchase station in the Rikti War Zone)

Axes

Used by the following:

• */Battle Axe Tanker (Hero)

Default models available:

• Legacy Battle Axe
• Battle Axe (Color tintable)
• Pickaxe
• Hatchet
• Shovel
• Fireman's Axe (Color tintable)
• Impervium Axe (Color tintable)
• Lumberjack's Axe (Color tintable)

Unlockable models:

• Rikti Axe (Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.)

Bows

Used by the following:

• Archery/* Blaster (Hero)
• */Archery Defender (Hero)
• Trick Arrow/* Defender (Hero)
• */Trick Arrow Controller (Hero)
• Ninja/* Mastermind (Villain)
• */Trick Arrow Mastermind (Villain)

Default models available:

• Legacy Composite Bow
• Composite Bow (Color tintable)
• Longbow (Color tintable)
• Arcane Wooden Bow
• Compound Bow /w laser sight (Laser tintable)
• Compound Bow
• Mongolian Bow

Broadsword

Used by the following:

• Broadsword/* Scrapper (Hero)

Default models available:

• Legacy Broadsword
• Broadsword (Color tintable)
• Longsword (Color tintable)
• Flamberge (Color tintable)
• Arabian scimitar (Color tintable now, may need a new picture here)
• Khopesh (Color tintable)
• Gladius (Color tintable)
• Tech Sword (Color tintable)
• Fantasy Sword (Color tintable)

Unlockable models:

• Thorn Blade (Unlocked with the Soul Binder badge)
• Tsoo 'Katana' (Unlocked with the Tracer badge). Back Alley Brawler mentions that this weapon is available here rather than in the katana set because it uses the old Broadsword animations. [4]
• Rikti Sword (Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.)

Claws

Used by the following:

• Claws/* Scrapper (Hero)
• Claws/* Stalker (Villain)

Default models available:

• Legacy Hero Claws
• Hero Claws (Color tintable)
• Hero Claws 2 (Color tintable)
• Legacy Villain Claws
• Villain Claws (Color tintable)
• Villain Claws 2 (Color tintable)
• Fury Claws
• Widow Blades
• Flat Blades (Color tintable)
• Viper Blades (formerly known as Shadow Blades) (Color tintable)

Unlockable models:

• Talsorian Blades (Color tintable) (Unlockable with 100 Vanguard Merits at the Vanguard purchase station in the Rikti War Zone)

Dual Blades

Used by the following:

• Dual Blades/* Scrapper (Hero)
• */Dual Blades Tanker (Hero)
• Dual Blades/* Stalker (Villain)
• Dual Blades/* Brute (Villain)

Default models available:

• Scimitar (Color tintable)
• Longsword (Color tintable)
• Faer Dagger (Color tintable)
• Dragon Dagger (Color tintable)
• Falcata (Color tintable)
• Khopesh (Color tintable)
• Gladius (Color tintable)
• Fantasy Blade (Color tintable)
• Katana (Color tintable)
• Wakazashi (Color tintable)
• Ninja Blade (Color tintable)
• Tanto (Color tintable)
• Impervium Katana (Color tintable)
• Sai (Color tintable)
• Rapier
• Main Gauche (Left Hand Only) (Color tintable)
• Main Droite (Right Hand Only) (Color tintable)

Unlocked Models:

• Redcap Dagger (Unlocked with the Cap Buster badge)

Katanas

Used by the following:

• Katana/* Scrapper (Hero)
• Ninja Blade/* Stalker (Villain)

Default models available:

• Legacy Katana
• Katana (Color tintable)
• Legacy Ninja Blade
• Ninja Blade (Color tintable)
• Fantasy Blade (Color tintable)
• Rusted Blade
• Impervium Katana (Color tintable)

Unlockable models:

• Talsorian Katana (Unlockable with 100 Vanguard Merits at the Vanguard purchase station in the Rikti War Zone)
• Rikti blade (Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.)

Not Available

• Tsoo Katana (see note under Broadsword)

Pistols

Used by the following:

• Thugs/* Mastermind (Villain)

Default models available:

• Legacy Semi-Auto
• Semi-Auto (Color tintable)
• Revolver
• Magnum Revolver
• Revolver w/Laser Sight (Color tintable laser)
• Match Compensator (Color tintable laser)
• Tactical Sidearm (Color tintable laser)
• Flintlock
• Mini-Uzi

Unlockable models:

• Crey Pistol(Unlockable)

Pulse Rifles

Used by the following:

• Robotics/* Mastermind (Villains)

Default models available:

• Legacy Pulse Rifle
• Pulse Rifle (Color tintable)
• Retro Rifle (Color tintable)

Unlockable models:

• Crey Pulse Blaster (Unlocked)
• Rikti Blaster (Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.)
• Rikti Rifle (Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.) NOTE: As of Issue 11 release this item is currently not being rewarded properly

War Mace

Used by the following:

• */War Mace Tanker (Hero)

Default models available:

• Legacy War Mace
• War Mace (Color tintable)
• Flanged Mace (Color tintable)
• Studded Mace (Color tintable)
• Warhammer (Color tintable)
• Sledge Hammer
• Baseball Bat
• Wood Club
• Shillelagh
• Bone
• Shovel
• Pipe Wrench (Color tintable)
• Pipe Wrench 2 (Color tintable)
• Tech Mace
• Fantasy Mace

Unlockable models:

• Carnival Mallet (Unlocked with the Illusionist Badge)