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At master level with no extra speed mods is it possible to hit the speed cap of 1 strike every second?

Wielding a regular Vibroweapon I have an extra +20 to speed thanks to skill tapes, how much does this help?

there is a cap before getting that fast....i have tested this out many many times using a 4.4 speed long vibro axe and a 2.3 speed vibro lance, there is almost no noticeable speed difference in the 2 at master, and if u look at them close enough, the 2.3 is only fractions of a second faster then the 4.4 at master,

dmg is definately > speed

yea once you hit stances 4, you hit a max of like 1.5 second speed with just about any weapons, its very cool.

what about when using specials?

reason I ask is that I looted loads of 5.0 or 6.5 LVA's with nice mods...am I better off using them or sticking with my 2.5-3.5 weapons

if the damage sucks, mod's dont matter

I totally agree with that last statement. Additionally, if the damage is substantially better, it's worth it to lose a second due to the speed of the weapon.

antares
master pikeman

hmm I guess what I'm getting at is this:

As a BH+Pistoleer I could fire stopping shot [2000 damage] every second.

I hear that Master Rifleman can fire specials every second too...[even with 7.9 T21's]

Master TKA are very very fast too..

Can we swing specials every second?

If not why not?

If not how much speed do we need?

and I wasted a +5 to speed armour plate by inserting it into a helmet which already had a speed plate...only the highest one works...otherwise I'd have an extra +25 to speed lol

You can't swing specials every second because of the time delay inherent to the special, which goes up to 2.5 seconds for ph3. However, at master with my 3.0 speed LVA, I can chain ph3's surprisingly fast, but it's not every second. Our animations cover the time delay, basically, so a Stopping Shot has a very very short or non-existant animation and we have an elaborate animation that goes for the time of the special. It's not the animation that causes the delay, becuase the speed is the same even when using the special when moving, where the animation does not show. Autoattack has no realy delay, so you can hit every 1-1.5 seconds with that, but not specials.

antares
master pikeman

well Riflemen and BH+Pistoleer can fire specials every second and from 60m away..

Surely another imbalance to add to the list..

Need I remind you a t-21 hits for 3000 every second with advanced strafe?

they made a post awhile back that they were going to try to cap pikeman at like 3 speed cap, and put other classes at other times, like a 1.5 speed for tka cap, or a 1.5 speed for fencer, or somethin like that, but they put that the pikeman one would be 3 speed, so im not sure if they implemented that, or if its still just a rumor

that would be very very gay

riflemen do not need a damage boost!

did u read what I wrote Master Riflemen fire 3000 shots every second!