That's got to be with rare metals. If not, I will promptly obtain one and make sweet love to it.

I had a friend that's no longer in the realms who had a kertig 80 stone claymore made for him.
the best I can recall it apped at fair/dev/dev dismal/excellent or incredibly suited, cant recall that part


Now that's what I call an executioner blade

I haven't had special metal greats or clays made but at 80 stones Mags last hit:

Claymore: fair/bc/great, dismally/excellently, well constructed, 80 stones, unground
Greatsword: low/bc/mod, poorly/well, very strong, 80 stones, ground

That's using regular steel, last I tried I only hit l/sev/gr, d/w on the claymore when I pound it :( Need much more 2HE and other blades to fix that up!

-- Toldorf GurKct and his little buddy Briano Eno'Frippoli

What Moon Mages do when lonely:

Malzard brings his into contact with the silvery-white shard Undarverjah.

I believe greatswords cap higher on the slice/balance side than claymores. I think I posted something about that earlier in this folder. The main benefit for greatswords vs claymores isn't really apparent until greater than min weight but you can see that even at 80 stones it is able to keep a lot better balance which is important in hitting/parrying.

Being 2HE primary, I always keep a greatsword in the baldric. It makes training stealth at/near-level much easier if using non-ranged weapons or facing unpoachable creatures as a non-thief, and also being able to hit things before they hit you is nice.

Right now, greatswords/claymores aren't as viable as they should be but I believe that is part of the weapon/combat evaluation. If it isn't dead...force of impact would be the niche for these and other heavy weapons (who cares if joe-bob the gnome has 800 parry, he only has 20 strength and you just made him parry your huge claymore, he is going to lose balance/fall over/die/stop being a gnome) which would be nice because that is ultimately how I would like to see Navak fight.

Currently, fighting/training in that style is not very viable when compared against r/r 28 stone severe slice bastard swords which are 1 grind below well balanced and still mod strong, and Navak likes to use what works although I put in some more leeway since player preference is more important to me.

I am --- Navak

Dev slice requires special metals.. Tried a 156 stone clay and did not go to dev. Kertig fist is best because of how much there is.

Great swords have MUCH better balance than Clays but less suited and edge, but hit from pole. A trade off. I go for the balance and pole range attack.

Clyamores not ground have great slice but fall when ground to get BC. I like the 77 stone one. Not sure if they hit sever impact should thou at about 100 stones, but would need to experiment.
______
Magdar Bluefletch, Legendary Barbarian of M'Riss

That's at 100 stones? Would that kinda impact be possible at lower weight with rare minerals?


The one who is obsessed with power..

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/ss1shadow/leiscenery2.jpg
Lone Maestro.

<<Currently, fighting/training in that style is not very viable when compared against r/r 28 stone severe slice bastard swords which are 1 grind below well balanced and still mod strong, and Navak likes to use what works although I put in some more leeway since player preference is more important to me.

Navak, is that personal opinion or general consensus? r/r Bsword better for fighting/training for all stat layouts?

Dakk

If you use parry as a defense, it's a big drop in defense for a small-moderate gain in offense when you actually hit. The higher you go, the more important it is to maximize defense.

I am --- Navak

Block stop, heh.

For teaching multi it's something like

getting hit/shield block/parry/evasion

from most experience to least experience.

I am --- Navak

Ignatius, you're a cleric no? If you're hunting undead I suggest using HE to blow off the right arm of weapon critters. This cranks down thier general OF, and DF, and without weapons they swing faster. Meaning, you've just turned a crypt fiend into a natural critter (with HP armor, but still).

It's what I do.

So if I want the best possible balance on the heaviest min rt (I realize the balance is going to be bad) weapon I can swing at ~60 strength (90-93 stones, let's say), what weapon am I looking at getting? and what's the app?