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Thread: question about the speed of power hammers
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ZabrakGabe
Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:01 pm
#1
what kind of hammer do i need 2 get speed capped? i know that 2-handed speed attachments are rare, and sell for an insane amount. would it be cheaper to jst buy and uberly fast hammer? i know my sythe is capped at 2.0 and i'm master swordsman an d hit every second.
ZabrakGabe
Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:41 pm
#3
thanks, guess i need a bunch more 2 be speed capped with my hammer.
Angetenar
Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:18 am
#6
One thing I've noticed is that people focus on the hammer too much. The majority of hammers I see on vendors, in terms of DPS, are crap compared to a decent curved sword...especially from a grinding standpoint.
mottola2u
Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:52 pm
#7
Nice DPS calculator.
I'll have to look into that statement, but the PH is a higher end tool that is used to bash NS skulls in with specials. not sure a curved sword will match it - especially with its AP.
I did the calc a while back...for those of you that just want an answer.
master sword - 75 speed
longest special delay - 2.5 sec
weapon speed - 5.3
need 18 more points to speed cap
if you're master brawler you need 5 less.
this assumes a 5.3 PH that has a damage slice. 5.3 is pretty standard, 5.4 is common but why settle. the best speed slice i've seen (regularly) on a PH brings the speed to 3.7. at 3.7 you only need 14 more speed to cap.
...and unless my spreadsheet is off - you don't even cap with a 2.0 speed weapon, you need 2h speed +5 tape to do that, or Master Brawler, but you may have mentioned that.
Message Edited by mottola2u on 08-30-2004 02:58 PM
Dynastar
Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:28 pm
#8
I had some 38/38 -1.32 Geo Reinforcement Cores that I made PH's out of. Needless to say, the thought of a 4.4 467max(pre slice) hammer with -10 to ideal is appealing. I may just have to drop Pikeman for awhile and give Swordsman a whirl.
Angetenar
Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:51 pm
#9
To clarify, I use a PH, it was just that finding a decent one was a bit of a chore.
mottola2u
Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:12 pm
#11
ah, Dynastar - so that's what makes them.. I found some good ones like this for sale. mostly had better accuracy mods.
Dynastar
Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:23 pm
#12
mottola2u wrote:ah, Dynastar - so that's what makes them.. I found some good ones like this for sale. mostly had better accuracy mods.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of Acklay weapons due to the speed loss and horrible accuracy associated with them. Doesn't matter alot with Fencer weapons, but it's hell for Swordsman.
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