# Design-a-Weapon (Week 3: Mana Color) **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697 "2019-03-07T06:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/1 "2019-03-07T06:27:46Z")
![design_weapon3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/e/7/e7ca8ab3dd30528f0500fef29426de1b4df56681.png) AHOY, ADVENTURERS! The third round of our design-a-weapon is now open! Our weapon will be a scythe from the Sin of Maraj, so what mana colours should it use? Vote here: [https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gow-design-a-weapon-color](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gow-design-a-weapon-color)! For those interested, here are the results from the last round. ![designaweapon_results2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/7/3/738253216d97faf0d021a6d10ed6ef506977aecd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jzg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jzg/32/53451_2.png) [@jzg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jzg)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/2 "2019-03-07T06:37:59Z")
Results page looks like a preschool test šŸ˜ƒ ![Untitled](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/3/4/344bf8543e56dfae35b5388588c03da9d783da96.png) ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/3 "2019-03-07T06:39:14Z")
I chose yellow (with purple as my second choice) because we donā€™t have any troops or weapons that explode all purple gems or all yellow gemsā€”and that is what I am sincerely hoping we get as the weaponā€™s effect. Unsure what thought process everyone else was using, but early returns are very close to what I wanted. Edit: crap. Forgot about Herdmaster, and canā€™t change my vote now. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/4 "2019-03-07T07:19:50Z")
One color weapon =/ Brown has the best 1 color weapons Blue has a few decent 1 color weapons Yellow has 1 good 1 color weapon and a bunch of average ones Green has some okay 1 color weapons, but theyā€™re mostly on the single target side. Purple has some of the worst 1 color weapons and some okay AoE weapons Red is on the weaker side of 1 color weapons Mono Red needs the most support, but because it has so many other good weapons that are mixed with Red, Iā€™ll vote Purple. Two/Three color would have been more interesting though. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 8:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/5 "2019-03-07T08:30:11Z")
I do not want to see another purple scythe, hell no. Piling on cliches as it is. Iā€™m going to pick something we donā€™t have anything of. Sort of wish this was a dual-colored legendary instead of a mono-colored epic ā€¦ Okay seriously. We have eight Scythes, five are mono-purple and two are purple+something. IT ENDS HERE. IT HAS TO END HERE. ---
**Author:** ![AmberPeacemaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amberpeacemaker/32/50926_2.png) [@AmberPeacemaker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AmberPeacemaker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/6 "2019-03-07T08:55:53Z")
![Screenshot_20190307-035330](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/0/6/0668fe58d55b8c0ee2b89264ef41b889037b84f7.jpeg) What are yā€™all doing? Weā€™re headed towards a cliche storm! ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/7 "2019-03-07T12:48:47Z")
Voted Earthā€™s Fury. ---
**Author:** ![AmberPeacemaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amberpeacemaker/32/50926_2.png) [@AmberPeacemaker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AmberPeacemaker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/8 "2019-03-07T15:50:38Z")
I voted Yellow, cause I donā€™t think that we have a yellow scythe yet iirc ---
**Author:** ![EliteMasterEric](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/elitemastereric/32/59948_2.png) [@EliteMasterEric](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/EliteMasterEric)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/9 "2019-03-07T23:31:09Z")
![Screenshot_20190307-182920](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/images/transparent.png) Here are all 8 Scythes. Keep the color distribution in mind when voting. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/10 "2019-03-07T23:40:37Z")
Yeah, except weapon type typically doesnā€™t matter in the grand scheme of things. Its just a design. Sure, some hero classes have talents based on weapon type, but thats only a very pitiful amount of magic bonus. Its all about the spell effect and in this case Purple is still underrepresented in useful weapons. Even if its a scythe, maybe we can actually have a decent non-AoE scythe for once. An exploder with life leeching effects, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/11 "2019-03-07T23:40:38Z")
I have to admit Iā€™m pretty surprised to see how popular purple is as the mana colour. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/12 "2019-03-07T23:45:28Z")
@Saltypatra can you say whether or not weā€™ll be able to decide on Spell effects? 7 out of 8 Scythes so far have been damage-all weapons, and it seems that would be a factor in some votes (including mine!): > [@TheIdleOne](#): > > Its all about the spell effect [ā€¦] maybe we can actually have a decent non-AoE scythe for once. An exploder with life leeching effects, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Odirty117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@Odirty117](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Odirty117)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/13 "2019-03-08T00:43:54Z")
She does say what ā€œcoloursā€ should it useā€¦ Implying it will be multiple colours. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/14 "2019-03-08T00:53:11Z")
Another reason to go with Yellow. If building a full Sin of Miraj team. Only Wrath uses yellow Mana currently. None of the other troops. (Assuming Sin of Miraj gets a hero class before it gets more yellow troops.) ---
**Author:** ![actreal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/actreal/32/1945_2.png) [@actreal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/actreal)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/15 "2019-03-08T01:58:42Z")
At the moment, only Yellow appears to be able to stop Purple, so the anti-cliche vote is Yellow. This whole process is reinforcing my belief that preferential voting is superior in all circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/16 "2019-03-08T02:12:06Z")
> [@awryan](#): > > If building a full Sin of Miraj team. Only Wrath uses yellow Mana currently. None of the other troops. > (Assuming Sin of Miraj gets a hero class before it gets more yellow troops.) Thereā€™s another Sin of Miraj troop with Yellow coming soon, if it doesnā€™t get changed at all. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/17 "2019-03-08T02:23:02Z")
![IMG_20190308_131953](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/e/5/e548f0199f69eaac0af5152ad80c166a89ab64d2.jpeg) ![sbrowser](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/d/2/d2a547d8c27d412cd24751b9dcaac52d6af6afe7.jpeg) Caaaaaaaaaarn Yellow!!! ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/18 "2019-03-08T03:11:46Z")
Hello everyone, due to some back end issues we are closing our Survey Monkey. Stay tuned for updates and when voting resumes. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/19 "2019-03-08T03:23:00Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > Hello everyone, due to some back end issues we are closing our Survey Monkey. Stay tuned for updates and when voting resumes. ā€œIssuesā€ like someone voting more than once? šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697/20 "2019-03-08T03:32:13Z")
Sure hope not. But if so, and they caught it, they can probably just invalidate those votes! [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/design-a-weapon-week-3-mana-color/52697.md?page=2)