Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-38854975-20190905144044/@comment-36926079-20190927051108

Phantomlink959 wrote: The length of the blade isn't terribly important and can be adjusted; i just went with a rough estimate because I was being a tad lazy on the measurements.

They're basically a .40 casing filled with sintered Dust. A single-shot variant of the larger shells Weiss uses; which he can easily recycle if given the chance to collect them after a fight.

Because not everyone can afford prohibitively expensive materials, Rebin, and in this case more weight is actually better. The scorch marks on the blade are kind of intended to clue people in on this guy not being the wealthiest of individuals; since he can't afford to replace the blade.

The boosters are the main event, not the elemental strike. My original intent was to take the "shoot bullet to make sword sword better" thing from the original FFVIII model, and make it not stupid. Thus, using Dust rounds to fuel a set of boosters aiming away from the blade; gaining power via propulsion instead of... I think it was something about the blade vibrating?

Extra weight, strap a jet engine to the back, and you got yourself a sword that'll cut clear through damned near anything in one hit. Once i came up with the booster system, i figured what the hell; add a second set of exhausts and he gains an elemental attack option too.

EDIT: Also I'm gonna change the name to Guardbreaker, since that's kinda what it's for. If you add weight and boosters to make it a cleaving weapon, wouldn't that defeat the point of making it a Dahong Palay?

They're supposed to be lightweight thrusting/cutting weapons that rely on the steepness of the blade to make it cut, so making it a falchion would be more effective.

I wasn't referring to vibrating blades. I was talking about how metal would be damaged over time by switching temperatures.

Also, if you want boosters, why use ice as an elemental abilitiy? Wouldn't it just counteract the fire?