Small Changes

[Mark]

Small Changes

GM Anatomy and GM Evaluating Intelligence will now give 100 virtual wrestling instead of 110.

Pets will have a 1 in 14 chance to Flamestrike at 90 magery. This should help break down the wall many of you have been stuck at while training your pets.

The damage and protection offered by weapons and armor will now be scaled by their durability (current durability can be found by using the arms lore skill). Fully repaired weapons and armor will now be much stronger, but poorly maintained equipment will be of little use. Additionally, weapons and armor will not wear out as quickly, but will lose a small amount of maximum durability after each repair.

These changes will be effective after server wars tonight.

 

[kan3-hybrid]

i thought it was stated that chance to cast FS was 12.5% for magical creatures...what lvl was this taken from?

 

[Mark]

The 12.5% chance was from pets with 100 magery. Its slightly higher than 12.5% now because of this change.

 

[ITA Industries]

is the wrestling thing what we voted on a "long ass" time ago?

 

[Galgum]

Yes, and thank god it's finally being put back to normal.

 

[fierywater-hybrid]

good good.

 

[Mark]

is the wrestling thing what we voted on a "long ass" time ago?

Yes, but it wasn't a very high priority (its impact will be minimal).

 

[blue_drac]

The damage and protection offered by weapons and armor will now be scaled by their durability (current durability can be found by using the arms lore skill). Fully repaired weapons and armor will now be much stronger, but poorly maintained equipment will be of little use. Additionally, weapons and armor will not wear out as quickly, but will lose a small amount of maximum durability after each repair.

So, eventually, unless magically "indestructable," all used, repaired, and re-used items will break. Hmm. I like. More like it would really happen, and it's a sort of ... item sink, although not sure exactly what effect it would have. In short, good call! The other changes do not affect me much, as I don't duel or tame. Thanks for your hard work.

P.S. : How's the back? What was the surgery? Partial laminectomy? Disk fusion? What level, cervical, lumbar, or saacral?

 

[fonis]

Indestructable does not mean it won't break. It just has higher durability than others.

 

[meathead]

What about bows and crossbows since they cannot be repaired?

 

[orange thing-hybrid]

I just want to clarify something because I'm rather confused by this.

GM evaluate intelligence and GM anatomy = 100 wrestling (after wars tonight).

So more or less, you can ditch the actual wrestling skill freeing up another slot, assuming you have GM eval and GM anatomy...

What I'm trying to say is, player A with GM eval/GM ana/GM wrestling has NO ADVANTAGE AT ALL over player B with GM eval/GM ana.

Am I right?

 

[fierywater-hybrid]

I think he meant *defensive* wrestling. If not, that's odd.

 

[Mark]

It's called defensive wrestling because it only helps you defend against a melee attack, not deliver one. You cannot stun or disarm another player with defensive wrestling.

 

[orange thing-hybrid]

Just thought I'd add my thoughts here real quick...

Anyone who is involved with the staff: Good job, keep up the good work. And I commend all of you for making posts here on forums regarding future changes, and letting the players vote for what they want. That's definitely a great advantage to playing here, you can voice your opinion... vs OSI where they just change it and you have no idea what's going on... All in all, good work. Keep it real.

 

[Nadir-hybrid]

Why would anyone need wrestling ability in a mage template if they can get 100 wrestling from having 100 anat and eval?

-Confused newb.

 

[fierywater-hybrid]

100 anat and 100 eval only gives defensive wrestling. With the wrestling skill, you can punch the opponent to disrupt his/her spells. Also, with both wrestling and anatomy, you can do a stun punch.

 

[Cricket]

Nerfing mages...

Reminds me all too much of OSI.

~C

 

[fierywater-hybrid]

I play a mage too and all, but I really wouldn't bitch. It shouldn't have been at 110 to begin with, since there's no powerscrolls or anything to even it out on the dexxor side. This just makes things slightly fairer. Mages still have a good edge.