Found my 1998 T2A strat guide

[Daolin]

There is TONS of info in this thing, especially details on monster stats. There was some debate a while back about Katana vs. Kryss. Here is the info it has:

Kryss: 5-26 dmg, 53 speed

Katana: 4-25 dmg, 48 speed

This would make the Kryss clearly superior :9


** Anybody else curious about some info?

[Batlin]

Sure

What's being said about curing deadly poison?

[Cutpurse]

Yeah, I've got that thing around here somewhere along with Ren and the Original.

[Daolin]

nothing about curing deadly poison

The weapon speed formula is neat:

10,000 / ((Dexterity + 100) x Weapon speed)

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For example: Dagger @ 100 dex

10,000 / ((100 + 100) x 70)

That is an attack every 0.71 seconds.

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For example: Halberd @ 100 dex

10,000 / ((100+100) x 25)

That is an attack every 2 seconds.

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This is assuming we use this formula. I highly doubt we use these weapon tables, although they look pretty good! They actually make fencing worth having over swords.

[Hemperor]

There were a couple revisions to weapons during the era, 2 or 3 I believe.

http://www.uosecondage.com/stratics/arms.html

That's the one we currently use here, taken from stratics.

[Daolin]

ohh! I lost that link! Interesting. The formula for attack speed makes it slower and they actuallly use stamina instead of saying dexterity.

Halberd:
15,000 / (100 + 100) x 25

This is a halberd hit every 3 seconds. How come people were hitting every 2 seconds then? Is the reset timer for toggling in and out of combat always 2 seconds?

[Daolin]

Halberd seems to be the bigger winner vs. 30 AR (Plate armor). So lets see how it should really work in game.


100 dex / 100 str / 100 swords / 100 tactics / 100 anatomy w/ Halberd

1. Attack speed:

FORMULA: Attack Speed= 15,000 ÷ ( [Stamina +100] x Weapon Speed )

? = 15,000 / ( [100 + 100] x 25)

1 attack / 3 seconds.

2. Determine % Chance to Hit.

FORMULA: Hit Chance= ( Attacker's Weapon Ability + 50 ) ÷ ( [Defender's Weapon Ability + 50] x 2 )

GM vs GM

? = (100 + 50) / ( [100+50] x 2)

50% chance to hit

3. Randomly determine base damage, within weapon's damage range.

5-49 base damage


4a) Determine Tactics Modifier to Damage Dealt to base damage.

5-49 x 1.5 = 7.5 - 73.5 damage

+2.5 - 24.5

4b) Add STR Bonuses to Damage Dealt to base damage.


+1 - 9.8

4c) Add Anatomy Bonuses to Damage Dealt to base damage.

+1 - 9.8

Final damage: 9.5 - 93.1

5) Determine Hit Location

30 AR per plate item piece. The display AR is different from the AR per item when it is hit. So assuming that each spot you hit is 30 AR.

6) Modify for Damage Absorbed by Armor

FORMULA: Damage Absorbed= Random value between of 1/2 AR to full AR of Hit Location's piece of armor.

30 AR = 15 - 30 damage absorbed.

10) Halve all remaining damage.

A. 9.5 - 93.1 damage (51.3 avg)
B. 15 - 30 damage absorbed. (22.5 avg)
C. Attacks past armor will be: 0 - 63.1 damage
D. Damage half: 0 - 31.5 damage


11) Apply final damage.

1 - 31.5 damage per hit. (changed 0 to 1 for averaging; 16 avg. dmg)

1 minute (100% hit): 325 damage

1 minute (50% hit; realistic vs. GM): 162.5 damage

[MatronDeWinter]

Which do we go by for weapon speed? I would love to have a faster kryss....

[ClowN]

bump cuz i want a faster kryss

[Mephistopheles]

I've timed my halberd swings at 3 secs so I'm assuming it's the Stratics table.

[Derrick]

The weapon speeds and damages changed after T2A release, likely in Feb '99 which was a big patch that added the Meditation skill and Anatomy and Eval Int damage bonuses. The speeds we use are those in the archived stratics table which we have copied to our website:
http://www.uosecondage.com/stratics/arms.html