Re: DM, further info on my plunger

From: ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu (Yeon Choi)

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 23:46:45 +0000

In article <CKII6o.82u@freenet.carleton.ca> aj863@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Garth Werner) writes:
>
>
>In a previous article, ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu (Yeon Choi) says:
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>>In article <1994Jan28.212221.12319@cnsvax.uwec.edu> leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
>>>I pretty much ran my PLs in ALE/L to ARM/F(Primus mainly).  LO and SC were
>>>my two favorite weapons.  Usually no off-hand weapon, but LO/DA, SC/SC
>>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>>I ran in Primus for one short (one cycle) stint, and I noticed that every
>>warior I fought there wielded only one weapon.  What are the benefits of
>>this?  Is it just to keep your warrior attacking with his best hand,
>>thereby avoiding any off-hand penalties?  Is it to get the damage and
>>decis bonus?  I never have figured this one out.
>>
>	It's generally regarded that some one-handed weapons get an attack
>skills bonus if used two-handed.  Never really confirmed (How would one do
>that conclusively anyway).  I imagine there's a bit of damage in tehre
>too.  But that's the basic reason.  King Pin seems to attack better with
>his Off-Hand dagger (including hhitting harder) than when he uses his
>prime Scimitar.  (Seems harder than 2-handed SC  too, he just normally
>doesn't attack with it)  True, I think this bit is still a cloudy area of
>the games

I actually had this semi-confirmed by RSI a long time ago, when I
sent in a question about using one-handed weapons two-handed. They
wouldn't actually *say* that there weer attack and damage bonuses, but
they did note that it was a good question.

The one's I'm fairly sure of are the scimitar, short spear, and braod-
sword.  But in Primus *everyone* was using only one weapon, and I
thought this a little odd since defense is (I thought) a major part
of the upper levels of the game.  I didn't expect to see too many
shields, but an off-hand short sword or two might creep up.,

Thanks for the insight.

Trump
ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu

References

DM, further info on my plunger
sshankle@pomona.claremont.edu
Fri, 28 Jan 1994 21:38:07 +0000
Re: DM, further info on my plunger
leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Sat, 29 Jan 1994 03:22:20 +0000
Re: DM, further info on my plunger
aj863@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Garth Werner)
Mon, 31 Jan 1994 20:56:47 +0000

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DM, further info on my plunger
sshankle@pomona.claremont.edu
Fri, 28 Jan 1994 21:38:07 +0000
Re: DM, further info on my plunger
leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Sat, 29 Jan 1994 03:22:20 +0000
Re: DM, further info on my plunger
aj863@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Garth Werner)
Mon, 31 Jan 1994 20:56:47 +0000