In its current state right now, the Protectorate broadsword can hit like a freight train when you activate its empowerment special. Things are getting iiiiiiinteresting(they already were, but seriously moreso now!) holy hell the amount of new crafting recipes for building blocks. (new "flipslash" ability? whatever that is) items\active\weapons\melee\abilities\broadsword\flipslash\physicalswoosh.png items\active\weapons\melee\abilities\broadsword\flipslash\flipslash.weaponability items\active\weapons\melee\abilities\broadsword\flipslash\a items\active\weapons\melee\abilities\broadsword\flipslash\ames Items\active\weapons\protectorate\aegisaltbow\aegisaltbow.activeitem (interesting to see the aeisalt bow listed under "protectorate"?) Possibly not the only items to get tweaks, in fact, I spotted these at the same time:
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NEW] items\active\weapons\protectorate\protectoratebroadsword\ames items\active\weapons\melee\broadsword\swoosh3\protectorswoosh.png Items\active\weapons\melee\broadsword\swoosh3\energyswoosh.png (probably for the Violum broadsword rather than the protector's) items\active\weapons\melee\broadsword\swoosh2\protectorswoosh.png Items\active\weapons\melee\broadsword\swoosh2\energyswoosh.png (probably for the Violum broadsword rather than the protector's) items\active\weapons\melee\broadsword\swoosh\protectorswoosh.png Seems like the protector sword got an update(or tweaks): You folks may want to check the nightly version today and the rest of the coming days. It needs a special ability with lot more kick to make it feel more like a final weapon, a penultimate reward for storing away what you figured was a piece of trash, and bringing it back to its' former glory. It feels like, for being what is definitely a guaranteed "ultimate" weapon of the game if you played your cards smart, just having an uppercut attack for an alternate is incredibly underwhelming and silly in comparison to, say, explosive kunai, or one of the random abilities that other swords can have like the trail dash, or flying slashes. Except that it's completely plain, and besides having pretty high damage, there's no real reason to use it over, say, the Solus Katana you got from Nox, or another weapon you can pick up from bosses. Awesome! So you have him fix it, and get a brand new amazing DPS sword, The Protectorate Broadsword!. Well it so happens you also have a broken broadsword. You can, if you like, save up some tech chips, and later you can learn that the Glitch Baron can fix Protectorate weapons. You get a feeling that it might be useful at some point, so you do. The damage is a matter of "anything you find in chests will be a better upgrade", which is fine since you can shelf it for later. You get it at the beginning of the game and it's pretty.okay.