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Hi all,
This thread is for the puropse of suggesting new weapons to add to our weapon spotlight. If you would like to suggest a weapon to be added or removed, you need to provide justification for it, so you can't go and say to add Plastic Butter Knife for no reason at all.

Everyone (ie: you, me, admins, those evil raters) is free to make suggestions, it doesn't matter who you are. Also, weapons are able to be suggested more than once. This thread will be open for several weeks. Once we feel that there has been adequate suggestions for change, the staff will make the final decision on what to add and remove based on your suggestions. The only restriction (at the moment) on suggestions are species weapons, but this may change in the future.

When posting a suggestion, please use the following template:

Code:
[u][b]Add or Remove (pick one)[/b][/u]
[b]Weapon name:[/b] [idb](Insert weapon name here)[/idb]
[b]Reason:[/b] (Insert your justification here)


For example, these are two of my suggestions:

Quote:
Add
Weapon name: Stone Club
Reason: It is a good value buy, as it is buyable and does 9 icons.

Remove
Weapon name: Bottle Of Magic Sand
Reason: While the icons it does are nice, it is overpriced. A weapon with a very similar function, Ring of the Lost, fullfills its main purpose for a lot less.


With that said, please suggest away. Make your opinion count. Smile

Also, questions are welcome on this thread.

Ok well I'll give things a start:
Remove
Weapon name: dual battle mirror
Reason: Nobody uses mass light icons anymore. What's the point of reflecting 50% of nothing?Wink

Weapon name: Dusty Magic Broom
Reason: Does only 8 icons and blocks light....ok the block light is okay, but only 8 icons and for 1mil+? A bit outdated I'm afraid.

Weapon name: fire hammer
Reason: Only 8.6 icons max? for 100k+? stone club/ice club are better
Remove
Weapon Name:
Tooth of Terask
Reason: 3 dark defence with 6 icons. So? Get the cheaper Jade Staff. Note, Scarab Ring Has 6 defence with 6 icons.

Weapon Name: Air Faerie Crown
Reason: This item should only be used for the ITTPD avatar. Just like the Dusty Magic Broom, then, except one more icon for a million more.

Weapon Name: Brain Tree Mace
Reason: 7 icons for 25k? No way. Battle Ready Pencil Box is better for cheaper.
Is this weapon a spooky weapon? Cuz it can then be used for an avatar.

Weapon Name: Bzzt Blaster
Reason: 1mil for one icon upgrade?!

Weapon Name: Fungus Ray
Reason: 1mil for one icon upgrade?!

Weapon Name: Goo Blaster
Reason: 1mil for one icon upgrade?!

Weapon Name: Garoo Elite Blaster
Reason: 1mil for one icon upgrade?!

Weapon Name: Ice Scorchstone
Reason: A quarter of the time, it heals? What if you only last three more turns?

Weapon Name: Illusens Earth Potion
Reason: We're in the era where everyone can afford 9 iconers.

Weapon Name: Scroll of Dark Nova
Reason: Only used for avatar. At a quarter of its price, Cobrall in a Can. But it's not worth it anyways. GO SCARAB RING!

Weapon Name: Zapatron 2000
Reason: Like Tooth of Terask, except twice as expensive.
Remove
Weapon Name: Fire Muffin
Reason: Other muffins, such as the Shooting Star Muffin, do a full 15 icons, and only cost marginally more.

Add
Weapon Name: Shooting Star Muffin
Reason: As mentioned above, the Shooting Star Muffin gives a full 15 icons (the most any muffin can currently do), but it's the cheapest of all the 15-icon muffins, costing slightly more than 3k. It also has the best icon mix of all the top muffins, getting some damage through just about any type of defence.

Add
Weapon name: Jade Elixir
Reason: 100% healer just like the Lucky Robots Foot, and the price is about the same. From being slightly less well-known, they can occasionally be found at a lower price than the LRF, which is helpful when you're trying to pinch np, or during a war when prices go up.
Add
Weapon name: Stone Club
Reason: Great pricing for 9 icons, a great intermediate battle weapons.

Weapon name: Ice Club
Reason: Exact same as above.
Another form of suggestion :


*Hide mine too*
I'm going to hide mine, so as not to influence followups.

Add
Weapon name: Rod of Dark Nova
Reason:
Price taken aside, it blocks 2 common icons, heals and does a few icons. Astounding weapon that surely deserves to be in the spotlight. It is unlike any other weapon.
Add
Weapon name: Ultra Bubble Gun
Reason: Hard to block icons with the potential to do 10 air and will do 5 water....under-appriciated weapon in my oppinion
Remove
Weapon name: Wand of the Dark Faerie
Reason: Sure it's nice, but you won't get one.... ever.

Remove
Weapon name: Ethereal Sword
Reason: 5 icons for nearly 100K? Just get a 9 icon for that price and a patched magic hat.
Remove
Weapon name: Lightning Scroll
Reason:The age of the listings in the spotlight not withstanding, the lightning scroll never really had any reason to be in the spotlight when you consider it versus the scarab ring.

Weapon name: Brain Tree Mace
Reason: The ice and stone clubs have more, similar icons at nearly the same price.

Weapon name: Ethereal Sword
Reason: Price. I used this weapon when it was only 50K. Now that it is about six times more expensive, the Sword of the Dead replaces this weapon with its cheaper price and greater iconage.

Weapon name: Fire Hammer
Reason: This weapon has been replaced by the stone club, ice club, and even the electro sword. If you want the fire attack from the hammer, just use the sword instead.

Weapon name: Halo Of Devilpuss
Reason: The Golden Compass. This weapon suffers the same problem as every other weapon that deals around 9 icons, the two clubs. However, this weapon also suffers from being partially blocked by the common, inexpensive Golden Compass.

Weapon name: Zapatron 2000
Reason: This is another weapon in the spotlight that shouldn't have been there. The Tooth of Terask is cheaper with the same amount of icons. The only advantage this weapon has is its uncommon light attack, but that's not enough to justify it being kept in the spotlight. These days, players can just spend a little more and buy a Golden Compass.

Weapon name: Ultimate Dark Reflectorb
Reason: Dark is too easy to block in mass quantities. Between the Ring of the Lost and Ghostkershield most battlers have their dark defense covered. I'm a fan of reflectors, but a dark reflector just isn't necessary.

Weapon name: Bottle Of Magic Sand
Reason: Price, randomness, and abundance of better, similar weapons. The Mask of Coltzan and Ring of the Lost are both better alternatives to this weapon. Also, the random physical defense is the nail that seals the coffin for this weapon.

Add
Weapon name: Stone Club/Ice Club/Psellias Fighting Fan/Electro Sword
Reason: These are the new value weapons for those who don't use dual-duty weapons or who want to upgrade from their scarab rings. The sword is a good value for eight icons, the others are values at nine icons.

Weapon name: Golden Compass
Reason: It's the best weapon under 1 million neopoints. Entry-level battlers who train defense should carry two of them. Due to its price and usefulness, it's argueably the best overall weapon in the game.

Weapon name: Glittery Faerie Dust
Reason: The lack of weapons in its icon class. It is a little overpriced, but there are so few 15+ icon weapons in its price range that it almost has to be included.

Weapon name: Yooyuball Player Sling
Reason: It's the best full physical blocker in Neopia. With so many weapons having random physical attacks, a full physical blocker is a nice weapon to have.

Weapon name: Skarls Sword
Reason: If weapons like the peas and quest prizes are going to be included, this weapon should be too. With its nice attack and full light blocking, this is one of the better, ultimate weapons in the game.
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