» Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:00 pm The reason for that is because whenever I tried to think of a perfect sword, my thoughts always led me to something which looked ether like Ebony Greatsword or Ebony Balde.
You can imagine my surprise and joy when I saw them both in the game.
I just want to congratulate to designer(s) of those two swords since you simply left me speechless when I saw them.
Anyway, that being said, let's get to the real point of this thread.
A lot of people may know that Ebony Blade is really strange blade.
It is a two-handed weapon, and using it improves your Two-Handed Weapons skill, yet it benefits from Armsman perk from One-Handed Weapons skill.
Like that wasn't weird enough, it seems (but I still have to confirm it) that it benefits from Devastating Blow perk, a perk from Two-Handed Weapons skill.
On top of that, it can't be upgraded.
Now, these all may seem to be mistakes on Bethesda's part, but are they really mistakes, or are they just a prank?
If you read the book, which you can find on table next to the Ebony Blade, you'll notice that it mentions that lot of people end up looking like crazed people who talk to bunnies and something like that (basically, it implies that it drives you insane).
This could strongly imply that Ebony Blade's weird behavior is actually made by Bethesda on purpose to - yes - piss us off!
And about it being unable to get upgraded, I think that it's because they wanted to prevent it from becoming too good.
Remember that Life Drain effect from Ebony Blade actually doesn't heal you for 10-30 HP, but actually steals that HP from the enemy, meaning that enemy loses 10-30 additional HP from the drain.
To put it simply, Life Drains adds additional 10-30 damage to the blade, instead of just being a mean of healing (at least that's why I got based on tests I made).
Anyway, what is your opinion on all this?
Is this a prank, or a mistake?
Also, even if it was a prank, would you like Bethesda to ''fix'' it and turn it into a proper two-handed weapon?
You can also tell if you would like something changed about the blade or not.
Basically, talk about anything related to the Ebony Blade!
Discuss!
My opinion:
I personally think that there is a fair chance that the blade is screwed on purpose by Bethesda, but would still prefer that it gets ''fixed'' so that it's a proper two-handed weapon.
I also think that it should be upgradable since you can still make a much better sword than Ebony Blade is (it's only actual advantage and what makes it special is it's unlimited charges).
Also, is it me or does Friendly Fire effect from the blade does not work?
I've tried using it on my friends, but they still kinda objected the idea of me killing their faces.
Still, I think that the concept of undetected attacks is pretty sweet and should be completely taken from the blade and given to Blade of Woe and let it replace that petty life stealing attack (kinda seems more fitting).
Of course, it should be made so that no matter if your victim is a friend or foe (and not just friends), it does not notice when you attack it with the Blade of Woe (or just make it much harder to notice - maybe make a % chance that victim does not notice the attack when attacked with Blade of Woe, or something like that).
