Introduced in Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Introduced in Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires Introduced in Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends Weapons See also Dynasty Warriors 7/Weapons, Dynasty Warriors 8/Weapons Weapon

Some weapons may be exclusive for the player in one mode. Defeating playable officers may drop their weapon of choice. Weapons can be earned by defeating enemy generals in battle or by purchasing them at a weapons store. These 'unique' effects are purely cosmetic. Wang Yuanji's throwing daggers for her downloadable costume will change their look but act the same. For instance, both Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi have feather fans as their weapon of choice, but their appearances in cutscenes differ from one another, whilst either fan is able to equipped when acquired.

Unique weapon designs also exist in the seventh game. In the seventh title, gender plays a part with Greatswords and Chain Whips in deciding which characters can use them. The producer remarked that players can make any type of joke they want about how this is even possible. Musou attack animations for all of the characters will display their EX weapon, regardless of whatever weapon they are currently using. The known traits to separate EX users from the rest of the cast are their EX Attacks and specialized Musou attacks. This means anyone using a set of gauntlets, for example, will act in the same manner as Ding Feng or Meng Huo, the EX users of the weapon type. Since the movesets themselves are ingrained with the weapon and not the character, all of the characters in this title will have similar movesets. The weapon system strives to grant players the freedom to counteract these type of imbalanced traits at their own will and preferences. To counter this, the producer suggested equipping Guan Yu with a speedier weapon type to make him more flexible. The weapon may cover a wide range but it's also slow and leaves Guan Yu open to attacks. For an example, he compared Guan Yu and his trademark Green Dragon Crescent Blade. A character's preferred weapon may not always be the best one for each character since it may not cover all of the character's weakspots. In the said eighth installment, both EX Attacks and Switch Attacks are the only non-Musou Attacks to bypass affinities and will cause any units hit by them to flinch.Įven if characters have a preferred weapon of choice, however, the producer stresses that any weapon can be freely equipped for any character. EX Attacks however, are some of the few non-Musou-based Attacks that cannot be cancelled into Switch Attacks, and will reset the charging stage of any chargeable Switch Attacks upon their execution. There is one 'EX Attack' available per character (2 in Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends). When it's selected, the golden letters will notify the player. A simple way of spotting the EX Attack or a character's weapon of choice is by noting the letters 'EX' with the weapon icon. The method for inputting these attacks are shown to the player through the weapon's action listing in the game's pause menu. Switch Attacks are unblockable and provide invincibility frames when executed, but cannot be used to reverse out of hitstun unlike with Musou Attacks.Īn 'EX Attack' becomes available when a character is equipped with their personal weapon of choice (colloquially known as an 'EX Weapon'). Depending on the weapon, the motions for the attack will vary. Players can store weapons in their inventory and (in 7) switch the weapons they're using to change to another in reserve mid-battle.Ī quick switch between the two weapons triggers a 'Switch Attack'. Like the Strikeforce titles, characters can simultaneously equip two weapons at once and can switch between them at will. Weapons in Dynasty Warriors 7 and 8 behave in a different manner than previous iterations of the series.

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