Weapon Skill Numbers

[Grond]

In case anyone is interested, I've* collected the weapon skill numbers for all the currently available melee weapon types up through level 18, and posted it on the wiki (http://adom2.wikidot.com/weapon-skills). Many fire giants died to bring us this information ;)

*Thanks also to Iron Cash who contributed to this page in the past.

[Grond]

For those interested in level 18 comparisons (this is slightly misleading since not all weapon skills cost the same):


Weapon Type HitMod DamMod CritProb CritMult DVMod
Axes(1H) +22 +20 +4% +3 +5
Axes(2H) +45 +34 +6% +4 +4
Blunt(1H) +22 +14 +9% +3 +8
Blunt(2H) +30 +21 +9% +3 +5
Daggers +24 +14 +6% +2 +5
Polearms(2H) +24 +14 +4% +4 +26
Staves +24 +14 +2% +2 +50
Swords(1H) +22 +14 +6% +2 +8
Swords(2H) +22 +34 +6% +4 +8
Unarmed +15 +16 +4% +3 +12


Level 18 ranged weapon comparison:


Weapon Type HitMod DamMod CritProb CritMult RMod
Bows +34 +25 +6% +3 +6
Slings +25 +34 +4% +3 +4
Crossbows +34 +25 +4% +3 +3
Thrown +34 +25 +6% +2 +2

[grobblewobble]

Very nice work!

For anyone except pure monks, I find myself choosing between staves for massive DV or 2-handed blunt for good critical chance and damage.

[Grond]

Two-handed axes look a bit better than blunt to me.

Finished up ranged weapons with the exception of boomerangs as well.

[grobblewobble]

My reasoning is that because critical hits deal so much more damage than normal hits, the chance of crits is the most important stat on a weapon. Also, great large clubs are easy to scum with disarming, so finding a large wooden great club of devastation is somewhat possible. Then again I'm biased toward trolls (even though I still hate them in Adom 1).

[Grond]

Axes' higher damage combined with higher crit multiplier could lead to a significant damage difference on critical hits. The difference in to-hit bonus is considerable as well, but it's hard to argue against higher crit chance. Blunt weapons also deserve special mention for being the only one-handers with good crit stats.

[Carter]

My reasoning is that because critical hits deal so much more damage than normal hits, the chance of crits is the most important stat on a weapon. Also, great large clubs are easy to scum with disarming, so finding a large wooden great club of devastation is somewhat possible. Then again I'm biased toward trolls (even though I still hate them in Adom 1).

but if you have a slaying weapon its 100% crits, so i would suggest that to hit or DV is more important long term?

[grobblewobble]

There are no slaying weapons in adom 2. At least not yet.