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Scatter · 01-11-2004, 04:11 PM

Quote from Pyrates:
"Waaaiitt a moment, are you sure about that low initiative -> fewer swings thing? I'd be surprised, in my experience it's not like that, you just get to act later in the round with low initiative, though I didn't really watch out... "

You can test this with any character who's got multiple swings by swapping between a slow weapon and a fast one while watching the numbers change in your combat stats window. I discovered this while deciding between a Stun Rod (-6 Init) and a Mystic Spear (+2 Init). I got 2X1 with the Rod and 2X2 with the Spear. As my Close and Polearm skills got higher (and level) the difference was sometimes even more. At the end i was getting 3X3 with Dread Spear (also +2) and only 3X2 with Stun Rod.

[ 01-11-2004, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: Scatter ]

01-11-2004, 04:11 PM	#7
Scatter Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 17, 2003 Location: Portland Age: 66 Posts: 1,336	Quote from Pyrates: "Waaaiitt a moment, are you sure about that low initiative -> fewer swings thing? I'd be surprised, in my experience it's not like that, you just get to act later in the round with low initiative, though I didn't really watch out... " You can test this with any character who's got multiple swings by swapping between a slow weapon and a fast one while watching the numbers change in your combat stats window. I discovered this while deciding between a Stun Rod (-6 Init) and a Mystic Spear (+2 Init). I got 2X1 with the Rod and 2X2 with the Spear. As my Close and Polearm skills got higher (and level) the difference was sometimes even more. At the end i was getting 3X3 with Dread Spear (also +2) and only 3X2 with Stun Rod. [ 01-11-2004, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: Scatter ]