UC and Naming (in General)

Can we have 'Vanity' items for UC that allow you to name them and the UC weapon gets the naming bonus that all other weapons can have?

These items wouldn't have to provide any stats or AC, just be a slot you can name.

As currently, not only is UC the only non linear damage dealer in the game (can this be changed please!), but it's the only 'weapon' that you can't name for the naming bonus.

I know you can't name DDs either, but they aren't 'weapons'. ;)

What would you call your fists?
nose breaker or leg crusher perhaps?

Kaiser Knuckles!

Burning Fists of Rage.

Stinkfist.

Ah the possibilities. ;)

"Sniff My Finger"

LoL!

Pull my Finger.

Fish Fingers

Cod or Salmon? :P

Fingers of Fudge!

(Is just enough to give the kids a treat!)

Tell em about the honey mummy...

(Showing your age now mate! ;P)

Iron Hands/Ferrus Manus

Tiger Claws

Foam Finger

Brass Knuckles

Over sized gold rings

;)

The hand of god.

Mary Kate and Ashley

:D

You could name a dagger "Punching Dagger" and equip it. It'd have the same effect as what you desire.

Serously?

Awesome! I had no idea that naming a Melee Weapon would pas that bonus over to any UC trained! :D

Obligatory follow up.

Does this also apply for Junctioned Weapons and Jigs?

They don't. But, GL, from your first post:

/sob

:(

Did I misread your post?

First line mate. ;)

Don't named weapons do that?

But then your second line contradicts that....

Crazy Brits, never meaning what they say (unless what they say is mean!)

So tell me what you want, and I'll see what I can do

Pfft! Second line was just clarifying I didn't want any additional boosts for UC, like a UC item you could boost with CBD. ;)

All I'm after is a way to 'name' the UC Weapon (that the UC skill provides) so it can get the same bonus all Weapons can have from naming.

If that's from a new slot (that would do nothing else) or from a way existing wepaons interact with UC, either's cool!

If there's room for more UC wishlisting, I'd love for it to have Linear damage scaling. As it's currently the only damage dealer in the game that isn't linear.

Oh and things like innate VA (Like a Morg), or Ignore PL (Like a MoD) would also be sweet! :P

I guess I could make a bunch of new UC weapons which would each confer 1 thing. That way, you could customize your UC.

That'd be kind of neat.

I could make them supporter items so we can pay our bills this month :)

:D

VAMPIRIC HELM!!!

NS: make them junctionable and I'll buy one

:) I think there would be a few who will!

Quite a nice idea :)

Ugh.. I hate junction. It makes the JKF dwarf a normal UC monk by leaps and bounds :(

A UC boosting Cape, with something like that you might be able to compete.

Monk's cloak [3] +0 each + adds 2 UC effect. 2% penalty to spells.

ill be 1 of the first ppl to buy the uc weapon so hurry up ns

Aye... I'm getting out UCed by Jigs. :( LoL!

Or boosting the Gi to give some other benefit (apart from the increased Evasion and flat +10 to UC) to UC, as it's something else like a cloak a Junction user can't take advantage of.

Adding in a new UC cloak is cool, but you'd lose the UC increase from an EC. Unless the new cloak also increased DEX. ;)

Any ideas about making UC damage linear though?

The same thing is true of DD familiars... not like the JKF is that special. A Hal is also quite capable of outdoing most archers..

Note this is NOT a vote in favor of GL's insane gibberings about lowering MTL.

naming UC is not as important as actually making it a viable skill by making it linear. The UC formula needs to be revamped and is very outdated

;)

Just like NW-PR, you know I'm right on this one as well! :P

/hugz

Link for the non linear nature of the UC weapon;

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhqtN8y13_DadEl1QnlqTDd5ZzhERVRxdjVUeVp1WWc&hl=en

There's a post from Jon from a long time ago where he said that he'd deal with redoing UC in the future. Look somewhere near the thread where the 'x' damage model first went linear.

The change was a little over 4 (!!) years ago. June 2006.

Here's the changelog.

http://www.carnageblender.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001qAs

I'll see if I can hunt out any more comments from Jon on UC around that time.

but Jon is obviously not working on the game anymore and left other programmers in charge, and we are all patiently waiting :)