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Because it's not an electric baton.

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XingYuen wrote:
Because it's not an electric baton.

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What princple does it operate on then if not electrical damage? I thought that it was supposed to incapacitate a target without doing any major physical damage ( i.e. electric shock).

Interesting question. I would guess that the stun baton delivers a shock at low current that is designed to attack your nervous system (pain, muscle contraction). On the other hand, a lighting cannon is more similar to actual lighting (higher voltage, higher amperage), and causes physical damage and burns to skin and tissue.

Maybe we could get a optional high-current baton core as a loot drop that would make the damage electric.

the same principle that allows you to hold a entire house worth of items, or pull a bike/starship out of your pocket


and really without stun dmg, fencer ends up like a swordsmen with less power/ap, let em keep the stun

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Rekko-Quickshot wrote:
the same principle that allows you to hold a entire house worth of items, or pull a bike/starship out of your pocket


and really without stun dmg, fencer ends up like a swordsmen with less power/ap, let em keep the stun

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I have questions about that as well, but that is for another thread.

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Daigoro202 wrote:
Interesting question. I would guess that the stun baton delivers a shock at low current that is designed to attack your nervous system (pain, muscle contraction). On the other hand, a lighting cannon is more similar to actual lighting (higher voltage, higher amperage), and causes physical damage and burns to skin and tissue.

Maybe we could get a optional high-current baton core as a loot drop that would make the damage electric.

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The problem is that, most armor being vulnerable to stun and having high electricity resists, the whole purpose of having another damage type would get useless in PvP, as armor preventsboth kinetic and electricity damage. Needless to say... I love my stun damage.

Message Edited by Songe on 05-04-2004 05:50 PM

Electric would be almost useless, thanks to composite.

Hense the name Stun Baton

Also why dont they just make a "Shock Stick"

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KenjiTokugawa wrote:

What princple does it operate on then if not electrical damage? I thought that it was supposed to incapacitate a target without doing any major physical damage ( i.e. electric shock).

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i was walking around in my back yard when i was 10 and it was raining about a mile and a half away, out of no where i got electricuted

and was put in the hospittle...... ( i.e. electric shock) i think it still hurts

I love stun damage, technically though a Stun Baton is electrical we have them now. I guess since it's supposed to "stun" an opponant with "electricity" it's counted as Stun. I'd find stun to be more in the lines of a Gad to the head. Symantics yay!

Pikeman already get the electrical damage type...