Daedric saber balance

Type: 

Suggestion

Severity: 

Minor

Game version: 

OpenMW

Concerns: 

Tamriel_Data

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Identifier: 

t_dae_regular_saber_01

Name: 

Daedric Saber

Description: 

A very minor thing but still, comparing the daedric saber to a daedric long sword, the price for the deadric saber doesn't make much sense

here are the stats of the two items in the format

stat: long sword - saber

max damage: 44 - 42

speed: 135% - 140%

durability: 3200 - 4000

weight: 60 - 40

price: 40k - 28k

the rest of the stats are more or less comparable.

the only thing where the saber is noticeably worse is the thrust damage but doesn't really matter, you just don't have to use that attack and you're ok. It's not really a reason to have this price difference.

I think that the saber stats are fine but it should be reflected on the price. Saber is also a lot rarer than the longsword (potentially unique, afaik) and the reduced weight is a huge bonus compared to the sword.

I think that the saber should be priced somewhere around 50k, which is almost double its current value

I know that this doesn't really matter, it's just a little "immersion" thing

edit: I just checked the difference between a regular daedric claymore and the daedric great sword. stats wise, the greatsword isn't really better but its value is still 10k more to reflect its rarity

Comments

It does have a higher speed

PeerOfKings's picture

It does have a higher speed and minimum damage, but not enough to mater.

Really, half of this is a vanilla issue. Vanilla did a poor job of making its sub-types of long blade feel unique like they did for short blade (dagger's speed versus short sword's higher max power damage), blunt (fast club vs. slower maces vs. fast, weak, high range staves with good enchant value). Saber vs. Longsword having poor differeriation was present there too.

it's ok that it has similar

Yoae's picture

it's ok that it has similar stats to a longsword, I'm really only saying that the price of the saber shoud be a lot higher than it currently is. it's a nitpick, I know