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Lefty or Righty?

AuthorMessage
Explorer
Aug 07, 2009
93
In the game you always hold the wand/sword in your right hand. Do you have something against holding it in your left hand? It seems a little bias, but most people in the world are right handed. Could you make it so we could swap the sword/wand/staff between hands?

Thoughts?

Jason 8)

Adherent
Mar 18, 2009
2737
NightWa1ker wrote:
In the game you always hold the wand/sword in your right hand. Do you have something against holding it in your left hand? It seems a little bias, but most people in the world are right handed. Could you make it so we could swap the sword/wand/staff between hands?

Thoughts?

Jason 8)


What if we could duel wield wands?

Hero
Jun 11, 2010
729
There are a good bit of left handed people in the world and I think they deserve to show that.

Mastermind
Feb 16, 2009
328
I really don't see how this matters, gameplay-wise... Or what the big deal is about which hand your wizard holds your weapon in...

I'm not trying to bash you, but your idea isn't really one that would improve the game...

Survivor
Dec 19, 2008
25
No offese but it is kind of pointless what does it matter if it is in the right or left hand?

Quinn Wildsword
level 45
master theurgist

Survivor
Jan 09, 2010
1
Defender
Apr 02, 2009
123
I totally agree! I myself am a lefty. It wouldn't be that hard for KingsIsle to make this change. All they would have to do is have it that when you click the option "lefty" in the options menu, the character template would just flip!

Explorer
Feb 19, 2011
65
I agree that this would be a nice feature to have, but it wouldn't be as simple to implement as just flipping the image of the wizard. Bear in mind that there are a lot of different animations of the wizard and interactions with pets etc and these would all need to be kept consistent.

Illuminator
Feb 09, 2009
1469
Really? Why does it matter which hand wizards hold their wands in? It's not that KI has anything against lefties (and the fact that you even mentioned that is just...I don't even know...); I imagine they have their fair share of lefties on staff. It probably was something they thought no one would address since it's such a non-issue.

Defender
Oct 24, 2009
194
Ok I do think that we should beable to choose which hand we use as I am a lefty. This makes me think of what a teacher said to my unchle about its wrong being lefted handed. It makes me sad sometimes because I don't want to be told I use the devil's hand but I want my wizard to also left handed. and if I afended you in anyway I am sorry.

Defender
Sep 05, 2010
177
I think that is a very nice idea! I have once thought of that myself, honestly. Well i 100% support the lefty idea, And not just because i am one. :D

Hero
Jul 27, 2009
755
lol i am ambidexous and it dont make nay difference to me.

it is just easier to code the game so its one or the other hand .

but in majik the right hand is the power hand
while the left hand ...again...is the heart hand

Defender
Aug 05, 2009
120
kingurz wrote:
NightWa1ker wrote:
In the game you always hold the wand/sword in your right hand. Do you have something against holding it in your left hand? It seems a little bias, but most people in the world are right handed. Could you make it so we could swap the sword/wand/staff between hands?

Thoughts?

Jason 8)


What if we could duel wield wands?


Not a bad idea.

Defender
Jul 08, 2009
178
sorry, but I find this a little...unimportant.... Not that I have anything against lefties or whatever, my parents are both lefties, but does it really matter? I mean, seriously, this is a wizard. I don't think it has much effect anyway...

Defender
May 31, 2009
172
I don't think it matters much...
I mean, I'm right handed and all, but I never really noticed that until now.
It's not bias in any way to have your wand in your left hand if your a righty, so yeah I:

Sabrina
Legendary Thaumaturge
Author of The Chosen Three fanfic

~See you in the Spiral!~

Defender
Oct 26, 2009
122
NightWa1ker wrote:
In the game you always hold the wand/sword in your right hand. Do you have something against holding it in your left hand? It seems a little bias, but most people in the world are right handed. Could you make it so we could swap the sword/wand/staff between hands?

Thoughts?

Jason 8)


No no no! You have it wrong! As Greyrose has said in another thread, there are lefty wizards, it is just protocol to hold the wand in your right hand to simplify teaching spellwork! It isn't anything against left handed people, it just makes teaching easier.

(Greyrose has said that somewhere, I believe. And seriously, I would rather have KI work on developing new content then making people be able to hold there wand in there left hand.

Also duel wielding would be awesome!)

Defender
Oct 24, 2009
194
hobi wrote:
lol i am ambidexous and it dont make nay difference to me.

it is just easier to code the game so its one or the other hand .

but in majik the right hand is the power hand
while the left hand ...again...is the heart hand


its really cool that that you have equal abitly in both your hands, but the werid thing is about six month months ago i had a dream and in my dream your i saw your post they very same post i am replying too.

Defender
Oct 24, 2009
194
eggywig wrote:
There are a good bit of left handed people in the world and I think they deserve to show that.


acually from what my mother told me only 1% of human poputaion is. please correct me if i'm wrong