Forum:New Weapon: Razor Shields

RAZOR SHIELDS

Why:

For a while now I've been thinking about a long ranged physical weapon because of the ridiculous amount of grinding it can take to acquire both a decent of Gunner and Blade armor, don't get me wrong I love the games but sometimes its just a little daunting to farm a Rathalos 12-15 times for a single plate. But anyway, I came up with a razor shield to help deal with the monsters who fly and run out of range when blade users are playing solo.(The fact that I suck as a gunner contributes a lot to this)

Description:

The shield would come in 4 available weights, light, medium, heavy, and super heavy. The shields would be attached to a chain which would act similar to a yo-yo's string and return the shield back to the hunter after an attack. The primary attack would be a horizontal swing of the chain on which the shield would rotate and attack the monster with a series of teeth like a saw. The number of hits would be determined by where in the throwing arc the shield is and how long the shield remains in contact with the monster, the shield would then return to the hunter for the next attack. As for combo attacks I'm not sure what would be unfair I think that would really come down to what power and element the shield had. On the defensive end, all shields with the exception of light shields, would carry an inherent impenetrable guard so long as your stamina holds out, the amount you are pushed back would also be determined by the weight of your shield. This brings me to defense mode, light and super heavy shields wouldn't need it because their teeth wouldn't retract but the Medium and Heavy shields would have either retractable portions of their shield which would expose their teeth or teeth that would extend. All shields with the exception of light shields would carry piercing damage to help compensate for their lack of teeth and the number hits.

The light shields would have 18-30 teeth The medium shields would have 12-16 teeth The heavy shields would have 5-8 teeth The super heavy shields have only 2 or 3 teeth dependent on their power and element

Alright thoughts?

-Kile