Are executioner axes somehow tied to Shadowknights or Innorruk?

[Troubor]

<DIV>Everyone,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm a 70th weaponsmith on my server (Lucan d'Lere), and I have noticed recently that whenever I get a request, regardless of tier, for an excetutioner axe, it's almost always for a Shadowknight.  I know it very well could just be for the name of the weapon, or the look, but is this axe somehow tied to SK's and/or Innorruk?  I do get a fair amount of dark elves asking for them.  (And as OOC requests, IC I wouldn't sell to a SK, being a pally.  <winks>  But I do admit to only being IC about half the time too)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Well, the Executioner's Axe was a powerful weapon in EQlive, and will probably most deffinitly be a Heritage Quest if Guk ever ends up being introduced into the game.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The undead frogloks in Lower Guk were cursed by Innoruuk..</DIV>

[ganng]

<P>No real connection per say BUT</P> <P>As a SK I can say that our base agro is poor</P> <P>The STR AP line has an agro buff skill</P> <P>The STR line also has several skills that require an Axe</P> <P>As such any SK/Pali wishing to use the Haste skill in the STR line while oftanking will need a big ol' axe so why not a cool looking one?</P>

[Ama]

<P>Well here is an interesting picture for you guys to take a look at.  Below is my SK wielding a nice Cobalt Executioner's Axe and strangely enough if you look closely a face appears.</P> <P>This Face I have belived to be Zek the god of battle or war, or the diety of war whatever his name maybe. </P> <P> </P> <P><IMG src="http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3614/eq20000578oe.jpg"></P>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>If that's Rallos Zek, then those Dwarves have been beleiving in the wrong god...</DIV>

[Solaran_X]

I always thought that was a Dwarf's head that the blade was designed after. Could be Brell, probably.

[Troubor]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> ganng wrote:<BR> <P>No real connection per say BUT</P> <P>As a SK I can say that our base agro is poor</P> <P>The STR AP line has an agro buff skill</P> <P>The STR line also has several skills that require an Axe</P> <P>As such any SK/Pali wishing to use the Haste skill in the STR line while oftanking will need a big ol' axe so why not a cool looking one?</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Oh, I also know the in game/practical reasons why a lot take this axe as their 2h weapon, but I also found this happening before KoS/AA's came out.  Although yes, it is a nice heavy hitting weapon, and not too bad looking, at least from fifth tier on up.</P> <P>To completly digress, tier 7 doesn't have the 1h Flamberge for handcrafted, and I'm guessing/assuming that with LU24, since they will be making other tiers match tier 7 as to both how things can be crafted and in general what can be crafted..well...the 1h Flamberge may soon see it's demise.  Do suggest, even if just as a dress/show weapon, if you like the look, that you have one made, even if just as a common dress weapon.</P> <P><BR> </P>

[psubull]

Executioner's Axe was Warrior only in EQ.  It's probably people picking things with stereotypical evil roleplaying items/names, like how there are a million assassins.  The people picking the EXE axes are probably just people thinking its cool to use one.  I bet if you could craft scythes, they would opt for that.<div></div>

[Ama]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> psubullet wrote:<BR>Executioner's Axe was Warrior only in EQ.  It's probably people picking things with stereotypical evil roleplaying items/names, like how there are a million assassins.  The people picking the EXE axes are probably just people thinking its cool to use one.  I bet if you could craft scythes, they would opt for that.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I won't obtain a scythe until they fix them so that the scythes do not use pike animations.   1 Scythe I have says it acts like a 2h great sword and has slashing damage on it yet it uses Pike style animations for my AoE techniques which isn't right. </DIV>

[Troubor]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> psubullet wrote:<BR>Executioner's Axe was Warrior only in EQ.  It's probably people picking things with stereotypical evil roleplaying items/names, like how there are a million assassins.  The people picking the EXE axes are probably just people thinking its cool to use one.  I bet if you could craft scythes, they would opt for that.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Never made one, but their is a tier 7 scythe recipe in adamantine & Xegonite, assume after LU24 there will be lower tier ones.</P> <P> </P>

[Nainitsuj]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Solaran_X wrote:<BR> I always thought that was a Dwarf's head that the blade was designed after. Could be Brell, probably.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The loading screen with all the treant designs.  That's where the face originally comes from.