Way of the Samurai - Katana List

[Asrahnyo]

What's next after Simple Katana for vagrant samurais? Do we have any at all?

Simple Bronze Katana, level 18

https://octowow.st/db/?item=93223

Nice, thank you! And after that we're cooked?

If you're like me and running craftsman/samurai then to my knowledge the last katana that can be crafted and counts as a crafted item is effectively the Frost Tiger Blade at level 35, but sadly that's a green so vagrants seem pretty cooked. There's one more (blue) main-hand katana a bit down the line but its DPS is eclipsed by the Frost Tiger Blade anyway, and since we're craftsmen we can't really put anything in our offhands anyway, nor can it be dual-wielded owing to its main hand property. Craftsmen/Samurai are in for one hell of a challenge, and vagrant on top of that seems extremely spicy.

[J0ma2]

I started my journey earlier today with "Way of the Samurai", Vagrant and Craftmaster just to realise it's not possible? I mean makes sense it is supposed to very pretty hard journey but as of now we barely have any options, I'm supposed to play with my starter Bokken until level 18?

Honestly it feels like an amazing journey taking those 3 challenges, crafting your own gear, not being able to use powerful items etc... I guess I'll have to wait until more craftable white katanas are avaiable, otherwise it doesn't make much sense doing those 3, perhaps only Way of the Samurai by itself is the only option now

How do you do Vagrant and Craftmaster? I do not see that you can craft a common armor beyond copper

[Hadria]

I started my journey earlier today with "Way of the Samurai", Vagrant and Craftmaster just to realise it's not possible? I mean makes sense it is supposed to very pretty hard journey but as of now we barely have any options, I'm supposed to play with my starter Bokken until level 18?

Honestly it feels like an amazing journey taking those 3 challenges, crafting your own gear, not being able to use powerful items etc... I guess I'll have to wait until more craftable white katanas are avaiable, otherwise it doesn't make much sense doing those 3, perhaps only Way of the Samurai by itself is the only option now

How do you do Vagrant and Craftmaster? I do not see that you can craft a common armor beyond copper

Exactly, you can't, I just tried it out but obviously I wasn't aware that there are barely white existing katanas to craft besides those at level 18?

I then sacrificed my char and made a new one with only samurai challenge.

[Tohanova]

is there any dagger that are usable for the challenge?

[Vizi]

Kind of a badly implemented challenge at this point in time. Ive completed hc vagrant warrior in turtle and that seemed more fun as even at lvl 50 you still had one weapon upgrade from DMF to look forward to. But in this case you only have a random chance to acquire a better weapon than a level 35 weapon. Even that white piece of meat from DMF has a higher dps well i guess having green armor compensates for it but still im supposed to be a samurai not a vagrant
Also i know im getting into real fedora territory here with m'comment but proper samurai from the war era were trained in pretty much all the weapons and bow was one of the most important one. They were basically simply warriors. Having thrown weapons allowed and not bows kind of sounds like some ninja fantasy and not really samurai. I UNDERSTAND however that we are in this case in the game we are supposed to RP the peace era kind of "ronin" wandering samurai, but even they had some kind of tanto or wakizashi that are short swords and in classic wow we have this kind of dagger that looks exactly like those so why arent those daggers allowed? And also if we are supposed to be thinking of those "ronin" type of samurai then why is wearing plate allowed when those were mostly worn on the battlefield, and there those samurai used bow and spears and daggers too....
I know i may go into too much depth here and overthink this challenge but adding some or removing some restrictions really shouldnt be that much work as adding new weapons to make the challenge less grueling... just some ideas... jeeez im such a nerd...

[Bluemerchant]

Simple Bronze Katana, level 18

https://octowow.st/db/?item=93223

Nice, thank you! And after that we're cooked?

If you're like me and running craftsman/samurai then to my knowledge the last katana that can be crafted and counts as a crafted item is effectively the Frost Tiger Blade at level 35, but sadly that's a green so vagrants seem pretty cooked. There's one more (blue) main-hand katana a bit down the line but its DPS is eclipsed by the Frost Tiger Blade anyway, and since we're craftsmen we can't really put anything in our offhands anyway, nor can it be dual-wielded owing to its main hand property. Craftsmen/Samurai are in for one hell of a challenge, and vagrant on top of that seems extremely spicy.

The last craftable katana i found was for lvl 40 1h "Wicked Mithril Blade"

[Luckypost]

We will get that fixed asap! ETA on the fix is 48 hours from now with a fresh build in the oven right now.

Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai
How it works
★Only available to Warrior, Paladin, Hunter and Rogue.
★The only weapons you may equip are katana style swords, thrown weapons, and profession tools.
Rewards
★Level 60: the title 'Master of the Blade' (and the weapon restriction lifts).

are you going to give something better for this as reward, only title to struggle leveling is so hard and only for title.. better some epic sword with good options as reward to make it worth playing the mod

[Kestrel]

We will get that fixed asap! ETA on the fix is 48 hours from now with a fresh build in the oven right now.

Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai
How it works
★Only available to Warrior, Paladin, Hunter and Rogue.
★The only weapons you may equip are katana style swords, thrown weapons, and profession tools.
Rewards
★Level 60: the title 'Master of the Blade' (and the weapon restriction lifts).

are you going to give something better for this as reward, only title to struggle leveling is so hard and only for title.. better some epic sword with good options as reward to make it worth playing the mod

SOONtm

[Adesta113]

No any epic, even wearable, items. Only mounts or/and cosmetics, as it work with other challenges. Or add usable items for EVERY challenge, including rewarding to those who have already completed them. And even (with SOONtm, it can be even after Naxx release) such wearable items can be EPIC for fresh 60, but shit for those, who already get own T-BiS items; if item will be like T-sets, so it will be TOO epic for fresh.

[Jpx]

Hey, so, vendors at starter towns do sell lvl1 throwing and upwards, yet Samurais don't get innate Throwing skills when taking up the challenge? That's a liiiitle bit awkwards on HC when running all the way into the capital is risky, and farming money with lvl 1 katana is kinda rough. I'm lvl 5 already and still don't have enough cash for a throwing weapon and the next melee upgrade is at 10.
It's doable, but huge pain in the ass (as a hunter).

Also would current Masters of the Blade be granted the rewards retroactively once they are implemented, or shall we wait with the samurai char until the challenge is fully baked ?

I would really appreciate if a cosmetic only reward was implemented, i'll give an example;
For 1h users (rogues and tanks) a cool Katana transmog, maybe something like this edgy dark katana from TBC + some built in glow so it hides the fugly +30agi (like a bleed effect from TBC/wotlk)
https://www.wowhead.com/item=23540/fels ... odelviewer

For hunters I'd argue a spear would be cool, maybe this
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=27903/ ... odelviewer
or this
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=34183/ ... odelviewer
Spear transmog on twow were pretty meh.

And for other 2 hand enjoyers, a Marakumo like 2 hand katana (curved greatsword) would be cool, or for people who played Elden Ring, Bloodhound's Fang kind of looking weapon.
In TBC they had this model (I think it was also a green random drop)
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=22995/ ... odelviewer

Mayhaps reconsider changing the title to <Blademaster> (like the class in Warcraft 3) ??
Just brainstorming.

Thanks for reading and actively developing cool ideas, keep it up.