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How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new char...
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:49 am
by Drywall8
I have searched all over and can not find this answer.
How do i get a practice bow or any weapon for that matter. According to the second age wiki if you start with archery as a skill on a new character you get a "practice bow" that does 2-8 damage. However it is a real bow that 3 shot kills a fighter so its almost impossible to spar with. Arms lore should generate a random practice weapon but it just makes a real weapon as well.
Links to the info i found.
Starting equipment
http://wiki.uosecondage.com/Starting_Equipment
Weapon stats
http://www.uosecondage.com/stratics/arms.html
So whats going on here am i doing something wrong, is the wiki inaccurate, or does this post need to go in era accuracy?
Last any tips on a good way to gm archery preferably via macro?
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:50 am
by Jill Stihl
AFAIK there aren't 'Practice Weapons' here, just newbied versions of the real thing.
I usually raise archery on an order guard - Plant a small house near an outpost, lure a guard in, trap behind a table barrier and fire away. You need a character to heal the order guard though as they no longer heal themselves.
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:24 pm
by son
Yep I remember these well.
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:44 pm
by Pirul
Polar Bears!!!
(need vet tho)
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:20 pm
by Downs
Jill Stihl wrote:AFAIK there aren't 'Practice Weapons' here, just newbied versions of the real thing.
I usually raise archery on an order guard - Plant a small house near an outpost, lure a guard in, trap behind a table barrier and fire away. You need a character to heal the order guard though as they no longer heal themselves.
fyi that is horrible for gains. they parry a lot, so your tactics take forever to raise. fighter, paladin or polar bear is far quicker
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:21 pm
by Mikel123
I find the blade spirits still work real well.
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:42 pm
by Drywall8
Thank you for the advice on how to raise archery but what i really want to know is WTF is up with the practice weapons not showing up on new chars.
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:47 pm
by SighelmofWyrmgard
Mikel123 wrote:I find the blade spirits still work real well.
This; I think some people forgot the OP wants to raise archery ...
Yes, Blade Spirits are great for training, but buy a crap bow from the NPC bowyer, instead of using your newbie bow: while your skill raises, the bow gets worn out, so you can continue to achieve maximum skill-gain (at least until the bow breaks).
I am enlightened: I didn't realize that we didn't have the "practice versions" as our newbie weapons; DPed newbie daggers are even more valuable than I had supposed!
SS
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:09 pm
by Sandro
Downs wrote:fyi that is horrible for gains. they parry a lot, so your tactics take forever to raise. fighter, paladin or polar bear is far quicker
damage doesn't affect the rate at which tactics gains
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:44 pm
by nightshark
pretty sure practice weapons are era accurate and we just don't have them
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:59 pm
by Drywall8
they need to change the wiki then
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:15 am
by Panthor the Hated
Drywall8 wrote:they need to change the wiki then
wat
You know you can edit the wiki right?
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:12 pm
by Downs
Sandro wrote:Downs wrote:fyi that is horrible for gains. they parry a lot, so your tactics take forever to raise. fighter, paladin or polar bear is far quicker
damage doesn't affect the rate at which tactics gains
you only gain tactics on a sucessfull hit. a npc who parries = more unsucessfull hits and less chances to gain
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:08 pm
by Rammar
Downs wrote:you only gain tactics on a sucessfull hit. a npc who parries = more unsucessfull hits and less chances to gain
I'm pretty sure a parried hit is still considered "successful" (as in not missed) and will still gain tactics. Out of curiosity I just tried it with a newb and still gained tactics (from ~0) on parried blows.
Re: How do you get a "practice bow"? Not by making a new cha
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:42 pm
by Sandro
Rammar wrote:I'm pretty sure a parried hit is still considered "successful" (as in not missed) and will still gain tactics. Out of curiosity I just tried it with a newb and still gained tactics (from ~0) on parried blows.
Good job knowing your mechanics.
Downs, better luck next time.