09-13-2003, 04:57 PM
Part One:
"Eaglehorn!"
"No, Windforce!"
"No, Eaglehorn!"
"No, Windforce!"
And so it went in several threads on the DSF when I was reading there. What's odd is that my memory has failed to retain any of the substantiation or reasoning in those threads.
I always enjoyed playing with Windforce and didn't find the knockback difficult to handle, and in fact a great boon. I remember that I thought Eaglehorn had generally good attributes, but never was that impressed with it. Having just picked it up twice in successive days doing Laz runs I'm trying to figure out why it's supposed to be so damn good. Anyone?
(FWIW, I currently have an Obsidian Long War Bow of the Stars and easily prefer it to the Eaglehorn, although I kept one as my backup).
Part Two:
I was actually doing those Laz runs hoping for a Royal Circlet. No such luck. (Two Eaglehorns is presumably lucky, but it just wasn't the luck I wanted). On the extremely good side I picked up a Stormshield. Yeehaa! Always loved this shield. Just one teensy problem, what to use with it?
I lost Schaefer's Hammer and The Grandfather some time ago. I'll hope for a CC or one-handed KSoH while doing Laz runs but in the meantime I have two other one-handers: Gnarled Root and Wizardspike. Gnarled Root: good damage, a bit of TH, lowers AC a little. Wizardspike: a bit of TH, lousy damage, very handy Mana Shield addition, doesn't lower AC. IIRC, WS adds better resists.
When equipment-swapping to check stats the WS looks better; better resists, better AC, bigger Mana Shield. GR has much better damage though. But having tried both, albeit briefly, I'm confused. GR seems to swing faster and I seem to be blocking more when it's equipped.
Maybe it was just luck of the ten or fifteen little combats I tried with each that I got this impression, but it seemed consistent. I tried one-on-one, I tried mixed monsters, I tried swarming hordes. Should GR swing faster than WS? Is there some attribute of either WS or GR which would affect the fastblock of a Stormshield?
And if you were playing a Rogue which would you prefer to use, and why? If you want to suit that answer to my character - w/ Stormshield, Thinking Cap, High AC, MS and magic using. Umm, yeah I know TC and High AC don't sound quite natural together but SS is 40 and my armour is 140ish% on 74 so the AC is pretty high even with TC taking up potential, about 260 or 270 I think.
[In case this is all in Jarulf's Guide, I'm - again - having trouble in that direction. I can get to the website but all the text in the index window shows up in about .7 of a point, ie completely illegible and sometimes unclickable. We'll see.]
Mick.
"Eaglehorn!"
"No, Windforce!"
"No, Eaglehorn!"
"No, Windforce!"
And so it went in several threads on the DSF when I was reading there. What's odd is that my memory has failed to retain any of the substantiation or reasoning in those threads.
I always enjoyed playing with Windforce and didn't find the knockback difficult to handle, and in fact a great boon. I remember that I thought Eaglehorn had generally good attributes, but never was that impressed with it. Having just picked it up twice in successive days doing Laz runs I'm trying to figure out why it's supposed to be so damn good. Anyone?
(FWIW, I currently have an Obsidian Long War Bow of the Stars and easily prefer it to the Eaglehorn, although I kept one as my backup).
Part Two:
I was actually doing those Laz runs hoping for a Royal Circlet. No such luck. (Two Eaglehorns is presumably lucky, but it just wasn't the luck I wanted). On the extremely good side I picked up a Stormshield. Yeehaa! Always loved this shield. Just one teensy problem, what to use with it?
I lost Schaefer's Hammer and The Grandfather some time ago. I'll hope for a CC or one-handed KSoH while doing Laz runs but in the meantime I have two other one-handers: Gnarled Root and Wizardspike. Gnarled Root: good damage, a bit of TH, lowers AC a little. Wizardspike: a bit of TH, lousy damage, very handy Mana Shield addition, doesn't lower AC. IIRC, WS adds better resists.
When equipment-swapping to check stats the WS looks better; better resists, better AC, bigger Mana Shield. GR has much better damage though. But having tried both, albeit briefly, I'm confused. GR seems to swing faster and I seem to be blocking more when it's equipped.
Maybe it was just luck of the ten or fifteen little combats I tried with each that I got this impression, but it seemed consistent. I tried one-on-one, I tried mixed monsters, I tried swarming hordes. Should GR swing faster than WS? Is there some attribute of either WS or GR which would affect the fastblock of a Stormshield?
And if you were playing a Rogue which would you prefer to use, and why? If you want to suit that answer to my character - w/ Stormshield, Thinking Cap, High AC, MS and magic using. Umm, yeah I know TC and High AC don't sound quite natural together but SS is 40 and my armour is 140ish% on 74 so the AC is pretty high even with TC taking up potential, about 260 or 270 I think.
[In case this is all in Jarulf's Guide, I'm - again - having trouble in that direction. I can get to the website but all the text in the index window shows up in about .7 of a point, ie completely illegible and sometimes unclickable. We'll see.]
Mick.