two heirloom paths for melee weps

[haxKingdom]

• the weapon model size is increased by 10% adding more range at a 10% cost to speed
  
• vice versa (lower size for more speed)

and damage remains the same. I'm not thrilled with the current system because all the work of getting to 31 and the wep has not visibly changed. since base weapon speed/range amounts are generally higher than their damage counterparts (60-110 spd rtng/length vs 15-50 dmg) the increased values would turn out over 2x more precise. so there wont be the unfairness of a 30 piecer gaining on a 35c weapon by obtaining the same +2 bonus to damage (thanks to rounding small numbers). evidently, damage type is also ignored. pierce and blunt weapons are (i think) 15 and 30 % better than cut vs armor, so on loom id estimate 7.5 and 15 % less additional range/speed points. whenever the same wep is loomed its stats should change incrementally using its fresh out the shop stats. kthx

[Tears of Destiny]

I would only support this if absolutely every weapon had models for each new "extended reach" as opposed to just changing the stats. Already cRPG has far too many "ghost reach" weapons that have a stat larger then the actual visible model...

[owens]

I agree that there should be 2 heirloom paths for every weapon but i believe that the directions should simply be Heavy/deadly or balanced. That is a choice between damage and speed. Level 31 takes over 50 hours probably so it should have its perks.

And yes it would be really awesome to have different models for heir loomed weps. For instance an axe with an ornate handle or a simple engraving down the centre of a great sword that would be sick.