UO Second Age

Yar! i just discovered the test server. I hope to get in there and start trying these out very soon! thanks for helping get me this far archaic, and everyone else...greatly appreciated.

You have been a great help! you should feel very well-contented. I'm still having trouble wrapping my mind around the maximum attack speed cap though...if someone could please break that down as simply as possible, i would be very appreciative. here is a shotgun style brainstorming of templates. You...

Thanks sighel, the breakdown of magery into benchmarks is VERY useful. I will definitely be referencing that as i move forward. I can see what you mean about combining the heavy w/ it's faster counterpart...I can see how the whole strategy with archery is going to be more about timing of shots, rath...

right, so with a regular bow and 100 stamina i'd shoot every 3.7 seconds..not 5.

Thanks Archaic, that was helpful. my numbers were hypothetical i know you probably can't shoot a bow every second. I guess my questions lies in the nature of the cap, which i did not find any mention. This statement here is where i am somewhat confused: What he's saying is, currently (previously) th...

OK, so...let me summarize how i understand the timer cap... it is currently set to 5 seconds, which means, you will shoot an arrow somewhere between 1-5 seconds based upon your swing speed, which is determined by bow speed and dex? if you have a low dex and/or a slow bow, you are guaranteed to be ab...

That makes much more sense to be sure. If you were to place a ten second timer on archery, you might as well remove all bows from the world other than heavy x-bows as it would completely nullify their use, which is to fire at a faster speed. Is this discussion on bows being documented on the forums?

Dex will probably still affect swing time. Capped can go anyway minimum or maximum. A ten second delay on firing a bow doesn't seem right at all. People are talking amongst themselves Derrick I don't think said anything. Well that confuses things a bit...does anyone have a definitive answer regardi...

if dex does not effect swing speed, i guess this would much more efficient.

Archery
Swords/maces/eval???
Mage
Med
Resist
Anatomy
Tactics

str 100
dex 25
int 100

right, so to summarize it's only good as an opener on a target that is not moving with purpose due to auto miss variables. To switch back to the bow mid fight is nearly impossible unless I'm on the move and need to turn the tide with another salvo, again using it as an opener. So what would it be go...

Thanks to everyone for the information. A little disappointed with the outcome. I will have to make due with the era accuracy. i guess it's a small price to pay to play on a shard that is not broken by other game shattering mechanics.

well, as a support template it may still have some viability if not just to satisfy my desire to play an archer despite its being smeared into the realm of uselessness. As i have very limited time to play, i will most likely never be without a tank mage and/or dexxer counterpart. i just want to have...

OUCH! Ok, that is really good to know. Ten seconds between shots, that's something I'll have to think about. it would really only be useful as an opener. huh...

Hi matron, I am curious how does the archer/dexer thing not work "anymore"?

Also, just checking on numbers here, the bare minimum for tracking other players would be 40?

wonderful...thanks! can't wait to start experimenting with it.