Talk:Gothic Sword

Location: haven't spent much time in the Kurzick part of Factions, so I don't know where it all drops and where not, but shouldn't the area, where it can be found, be a bit wider than mentioned? Or are we adding the drop places as we go (i.o.w. if you have a drop somewhere that isn't mentioned yet, then you add it?).

Based on the discussion at Guild_Wars_Wiki_talk:Formatting/Weapons#Locations we currently try to gather drop research data on talk page and enter hypothesis of that drop research on the article page. There are some pages, where contributors did not follow the formatting proposals and so the informations are not presented the way they should. Feel free to edit it - it's a wiki. My version for gathering drop research date you find here as stub and e.g. here in "productive". - MSorglos 08:00, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

I'm guessing this sword doesn't actually drop in Tanglewood Copse, since that's an outpost?151.201.248.168 00:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps there's a quest that ends in Tanglewood Copse that provides one as a reward? That seems extremely unlikely, I'm removing it until someone can confirm that it can somehow be acquired in Tanglewood Copse. --Belker 02:16, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Drop research

Observed drops for Gothic Sword

Mode	Drop	Signature
N	Dragon Moss in The Eternal Grove (explorable area)	Tedium 23:30, 12 April 2007 (EDT)
N	Warden of Seasons in The Eternal Grove (explorable area)	Gode Fridus 11:43, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
N	Warden of the Spring in Arborstone (explorable area)	-- ab.er.rant 17:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
N	Warden of the Spirit in the Eternal Grove (explorable area)	-- ab.er.rant 17:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
N	Warden of the Tree in Drazach Thicket	--Bane of Worlds (talk • contribs) 00:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
H	Mantis Dreamweaver in Melandru's Hope	-- ab.er.rant 21:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
N	Chest of Woe in The Fissure of Woe	--Rella 06:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
H	Byzzr Wingmender in Melandru's Hope	--Snarker 02:18, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
N	Dredge Gutter in Melandru's Hope	Tedium 02:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
H	Byzzr Wingmender in Melandru's Hope	Fenrir dragonbone 16:07, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
H	Stone Scale Kirin in The Eternal Grove (explorable area)	24.182.202.133 21:53, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
H	Underworld Chest in The Underworld	User:Kenab 12:49, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
H	Locked Chest in Morostav Trail	Yoe Dude 03:55, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
H	Dragon Moss in Drazach Thicket	2.102.57.162 12:38, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Real-life sword classification

The Gothic Sword has traits which would define it as a typical German Kriegschwerte, meaning "war sword". Most medieval German sword-fighting styles had powerful strikes that were performed by actually grabbing hold of the blade of one's own sword, on the principle that one could excel in close quarters with a larger sword by doing so, despite the likelihood of self-injury in the process; a fair trade-off for surviving an encounter, of course. This is perhaps why Germans adopted the ricasso, the short non-edged section past the hilt but preceeding the blade. This was for a simple, but effective, secondary handle used for advanced sword-fighting techniques such as the medieval Germans used. The only aspects of the Gothic Sword in Guild Wars that do not belong on a real-world Kriegschwerte are the extravagant pommel and etchings, which would perhaps belong on an Italian sword moreso than a German one.

On a sidenote, most of the Kurzick-oriented weapons and armour derive largely from real-world German culture, so this sword is certainly not the exception. It is named after the Goths -- then known as VVisigoths -- who are rather ancient tribes that share their roots with the Germans, and would have used weapons like this, but in an earlier style. HektorAnasthainomai 15:19, 7 July 2009 (UTC)