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Overview

Weapon Customization is a system planned for release with Issue 11 where players can select the look of drawn weapons for those power sets that use drawn weapons.

Several of 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 will be 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

Note that, as Issue 11 is in Beta currently, these list will certainly change. It has been stated by the devs that the names in particular of individual weapons are especially easy to change if a more appropriate name is chosen.

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 RWZ)

Axes

Used by the following:

• */Axe Tanker (Hero)

Default models available:

• Battle Axe
• Pickaxe
• Hatchet
• Shovel
• Fireman's Axe
• Lumberjack's Axe

Unlockable models:

• Rikti Axe (Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.)

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

Unlocked Models:

• Redcap Dagger (Unlocked with the Cap Buster badge)

Bows

Used by the following:

• Archery/* Blaster (Hero)
• Trick Archery/* Defender (Hero)
• */Trick Archery 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 (Laser tintable)

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 RWZ)

Katanas

Used by the following:

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

Default models available:

• Katana
• Ninja Blade
• Fantasy Blade
• Rusted Blade
• Tech Blade

Unlockable models:

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

Maces

Used by the following:

• */Mace Tanker (Hero)

Default models available:

• War Mace
• Flanged Mace
• Studded Mace
• Warhammer
• Sledge Hammer
• Baseball Bat
• Club
• Shillelagh
• Skull Club
• Bone
• Shovel
• Tech Mace
• Fantasy Mace

Unlockable models:

• Carnival Mallet (Unlocked with the Illusionist Badge)

Pistols

Used by the following:

• Thugs/* Mastermind (Villain)

Default models available:

• Semi-Auto
• Revolver
• Magnum Revolver
• Revolver w/Laser Sight
• Match Compensator
• Tactical Sidearm
• Flintlock
• Mini-Uzi

Unlockable models:

• Crey Pistol (Unlocked)

Pulse Rifles

Used by the following:

• Robotics/* Mastermind (Villains)

Default models available:

• Pulse Rifle
• Retro Rifle

Unlockable models:

• Crey Pulse Blaster (Unlocked)
• Rikti Blaster ((Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.))
• Rikti Rifle ((Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.))

Broadswords

Used by the following:

• Broadsword/* Scrapper (Hero)

Default models available:

• Legacy Broadsword
• Broadsword (Color tintable)
• Longsword (Color tintable)
• Flamberge (Color tintable)
• Arabian scimitar
• 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)
• Rikti Sword (Unlocked with the Watchman Accolade.)