RobertHawker Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Note: Int title is supposed to read "Unarmed Disappointment" Stupid auto correct.... I have been playing new Vegas for a while now and I'm totally disappointed with 2 particular unarmed weapons that I feel had allot of potential. They are the bladed gauntlet and the mantas gauntlet. First lets look at the bladed gauntlet. The vanilla bladed gauntlet is a joke. It's stats are fine be it looks like it belongs on the arm of a super mutant or something it enormous way too big for any normal person to wield. My first thought when they said bladed gauntlet was just that a gauntlet. There for it should have a small amount of DT that increases when you block with them and they should have a single blade extending straight from the end of each fist about 1ft. So maybe use the parts of the mettle armor gloves and add a blade nice and straight extending from the end of the fist and put one on each hand. The animation could use the standard unarmed animations I think that will look fine and then you would have a really nice unarmed weapon that you might actually see in a waist land setting not 50 pounds of random stuff and a few lashed on blades that only extend a few inches in front of your fist. The mantas gauntlet is a total joke. When I first heard the name I was thinking of something along the lines of the death claw gauntlet only using the mantas forelegs as fingers. Those nicely serrated mantas forelegs with a bend in just the right place to curve the fingers in a little for a really nasty looking weapon. On top of that those serrations are a perfect excuse to add some DT penetration, bonus critical damage, and maybe some bonus limb damage. You could use the forearm section of the vault suit and the add a glove maybe the boxing tape and add the mantas forelegs to the fingers and thumb. Possibly use the goule attack animation since the hand is open. And for the crowning touch if possable you could add a poison effect and some tubes going from a few small tanks on the forearm to the fingers that could use vials of crafted poison as ammunition. I know that last part is a tall order requiring a reload animation and whatnot but it would be just about the most BA weapon in the waist land. I'm no modder. The limit of my computer savvy is just about at a level where installing a few mods is my limit. But I know there are a few really talented modders on this forum that could turn out a really nice mod if they put there minds too it and give us unarmed types something to drool over. I got really excited the first time I saw the names of these weapons in a loot list of a vendor inventory and I was utterly disappointed the first time I tried them out. New Vegas has opened up a whole world of weapon mods and firearms for us but the unarmed seams to have been passed over and that's really a shame. If someone wants to take up the cause and try to do this I don't know if I can be any help but I'm willing to give it a try. Edited December 4, 2010 by Robert_Hawker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moraelin Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I was kinda considering making a version of my epix dagger on the general frame of this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Ornamental_katar.jpg Would that be acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertHawker Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 Indeed. A katar is another weapon that they left out. I don't think it should replace the bladed gauntlet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moraelin Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I wasn't planning to make it a replacer anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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