UO Second Age

julesontherocks wrote:Hey sorry if this seems like a dumb question...but I really am confused.

"Accurate" magic weapons, according to the Stratics guide you posted, affects Tactics. Yet in the guide it shows that Melee Skill effects accuracy (% chance of hit).

So my question is does Tactics Skill increase damage dealt? or % chance of hit, because the title of "Accurate" would seem to effect your % chance of hitting if it was to be more Accurate....

So will an eminently accurate weapon increase your damage inflicted?

Thanks

jackb wrote:Hey guys was reading this thread over and I think I can shed some light here.

Kyrss/Fencing speeds scaled better than maces and swords with higher dexterity.

ie. at 25 dex Katanas not kyrss's were the fastest weapons but as your dex got higher kyrss's became the fastest weapons.



Also as far as damage tables, the high disparity in damage in kyrss's compared to katanas is a good thing. Which consquently why war forks were the best "fast" weapon to use back then. Because if you do the same damage with every swing it was easy for an opponent to know how careful they had to be and when they were in serious trouble. With a war fork you could take off very little life so the person would feel safe and then turn around and take off like 1/3 of someones life with a hit. So before the person knew it they were dead.

Mephistopheles wrote:Basing this on what I read from Stratics, Magic Resistance doesn't actually lower the amount of damage absorbed from harmful spells like Flame Arrow, Harm, Fireball, Lightning, E-Bolt, Explosion, Flamestrike or Earthquake...It basically lowers the time you're paralyzed and lowers the amount of mana and stat-drain that occurs from Mana Vampire, etc...

Seems most useful for PvM oriented situations.

If you're paralyzed just use an exploding pouch; Cast it w/ 20 Magery for a 60% success rate and I can't see how a spell like "Curse" would significantly weaken a Dexxer in a fight either. I don't really see Mana Vampire being cast too often as well.

Here's the links for the Resist info I found:
http://uo.stratics.com/content/skills/resisting.shtml

If I'm completely wrong and T2A rules are "different" (and it's actually scripted that way in-game as well), then sorry for wasting all your time =]

Cheers,
Vin

Mikel123 wrote:Wow, there's a lot of poor recollection here.

Katanas were faster than Kryss' during T2A. Most people thought there was no reason to use fencing at the time, since Katanas were the fastest and Halberds hit the hardest. However, Short Spears and Spears actually have some pretty solid numbers against moderately-armored opponents. But in the Katana vs Kryss debate, Katanas were strictly superior.

Mikel123 wrote:Wow, there's a lot of poor recollection here.

Katanas were faster than Kryss' during T2A. Most people thought there was no reason to use fencing at the time, since Katanas were the fastest and Halberds hit the hardest. However, Short Spears and Spears actually have some pretty solid numbers against moderately-armored opponents. But in the Katana vs Kryss debate, Katanas were strictly superior.

Kraarug wrote:Here's an essay about fencing from the time. . .

http://web.archive.org/web/200003111901 ... fencer.htm

"Fencing is the fastest combat skill. A fencer should be one of the fastest characters around. Put a grandmaster fencer on horseback and only a very few creatures or characters should be able to outrun her. Then her job becomes one of interrupting whatever offense or escape the victim is trying to mount!"

--The Fencer, by Lee Allison; Edited by Xena Dragon

Arkosh Kovasz wrote:So has this debate been resolved yet? What is faster? Kyrss,Katana or Dagger? I remember most people on Great Lakes using Katanas when I first started T2A,however sometime later I saw a shift (cant remember what year,definitely before UO:R) in what was mainly used for dexxers. Daggers were fastest, being the smallest,easy to handle fencing weapon causing great interrupts.Kyrss was next doing slightly less damage than katana, then the katana which was the all around best bladed melee weapon due to its balanced damage and speed. I know this proves nothing, just how I remember it.