I'm just curious, I spent a little time in the forge today and it's been a long time since I've done that. I was able to get my roundtime down to 12 with HES up (from 20, that means it's an 8 point strength boost right?). What is the minimum RT for pounding?

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That could well be, I'm not sure either. I didn't figure the RT would completely disappear but that sure would be nice.

-Guardian Lord Alaxndr Durnovaria, Advocate of Therengia

"A knight is sworn to valor
His heart knows only virtue
His blade defends the helpless
His words speak only truth
His wrath undoes the wicked."

>>As i recall extreme high levels the problem isn't the RT but the fatigue.

That would make sense if there is 0 RT I suppose.

-Guardian Lord Alaxndr Durnovaria, Advocate of Therengia

"A knight is sworn to valor
His heart knows only virtue
His blade defends the helpless
His words speak only truth
His wrath undoes the wicked."

I have 99 strength. I believe when I last tried to forge, I was getting 0 rt, as long as my fatigue was 100%.

Yes, I think if you have 90% fatigue the rt is the same with any strength over 70. Someone else may correct me though as I am not certain. I just know that I always wait for 100% fatigue before next pound, unless its the last pound then its always 5 seconds. the thing is, you wait so long for your fatigue to raise back up, you might as well be in RT. :) some folks use zypher I think though to help with that.

You need 70 effective strength to get 0 RT pounding with full stamina. With 99 strength, I found that I needed at least 70% of my stamina to retain the 0 RT pound.

The final pound always gives 5 seconds of RT.

Strength also determines the amount of progress you make per pound, so raising strength is always beneficial when it comes to forging.

If only agility reduced the grinding RT...