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.