Weapons and Damage

[Magister]

Okies, got yet another intresting tidbit here I have been wondering about, but haven't been able to clarify until I got a wider range of weapons to test from.

It is now painfully obvious that there seems to be an issue here...

Allow me to elaborate:

I have a Long bow that I bought from the shop for like 3k, it's specs are:

(Damage -2)
Long bow
19-27
Range 25
Speed: Slow

Now, I also have another bow I found which is:

(Damage +8)
Hunt Long Bow
10-15
Range 15
Speed: Slow
Hit Chance +6

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Now comparing the 2, one would assume that the top bow would do more damage, however this is not the case, the 2nd bow does CONSIDERABLY more damage (upto 10-20 more on normal hits!) however, they both seem to hit at roughly the same intervals (ie: how often I miss or hit) despite the 2nd one being what you would think, obviously better in that area with the +6 to hit.

I have also come across other bows with 3-5 pierce / 3-5 fire dmg that seem to do far more than a straight damage bow with higher numbers.

Seems to me something is a little with weapons here...

Finally, as a side note, I was wondering if there is a list of monster drops anyone has worked on, or perhaps if a high level archer (tyr .. hint hint hehe) might be able to disclose a few good monsters to kill for bows and armor between 10-20

Cheers,

Magister.

[Tyr]

There was a bug that caused any weapon that had a negative modifier to do less damage then you would expect.

[Magister]

Ok, well that explains that! .. thanks again Tyr.

Any suggestions on the 2nd part of my post there ? :)

[Tyr]

Weapons and armor is random as far as I can tell. I have gotten some drops in line with the MOBs' level but sadly most are well below the MOBs' level. When kill level 40-44 MOB I get more stuff for level 25-35 then something in 38-41 level. If you are lucky enough to get one it I doubt you can use it as it will be something your class can’t use. Sorry.

[Magister]

hrmm I find most mobs seem to drop items below their level as well, like a lv9 monster will drop stuff from lv5-9

I also notice that most mobs will follow patterns ... like for example, the spiders on the hidden beach will drop weapons and armor, but the wasps on the island will drop mostly vendor bait (ie: wings and stingers) and very rarely a item.

Just seems certain monsters drop items more often than others is all, thought perhaps you might have had some idea, its ok though, I'll just start randomly killing things in groups of 20 or so and figure it out monster by monster :)