Jade Mace  

 

Weapon you are speaking of is the Moss Covered Twig. It doesnt drop any more and they existing ones were nerfed. Mainly after the BoB you are speaking of.

Your information is slightly off...

Damage Bonus does not apply to the actual Damage stat of the weapon. It is applied to the amount of damage you've done after you hit.

Thats not quite the way it works.

The damage bonus is added AFTER the damage is calculated. In other words, if you would normally hit for, say, 50 points of damage, with out a bonus, if you have a 10 point damage bonus, you damage becomes 58 total. So, the bonus isnt added onto the damage of the weapon, its added onto the damage the weapon DOES.

Also, you are correct. The Jmace is better at higher levels, because of the damage bonus. The reason is because the bonus is added every time you hit, so, the more times you hit, the more damage bonus is applied. If you have 2 weapons with a ration of 2, but one of them is a faster, though not as damageing per hit, weapon, then the faster one will do more damage.

LoL, I hope I didnt confuse you, it was kinda poor wrighting =)

It sounds like a nice theory unfortunately it's totally wrong. Throw a lightstone in primary and your secondary will still swing independently of your primary. Low delay weapon in main high delay in offhand

Edited, Mon Feb 18 03:34:26 2002

Hate to respond to anything this idiotic, but with that "scholor" thing over your head, you just might convince somebody you know what you're talking about.

The problem comment is this:
(unless you are grouped with a ranger, who is the best at foraging and that's about it)

You just don't get it, do you? Rangers are jacks of all trades, AND have some damn important skills.

As a Ranger, I control aggro. The mob hits who I tell it to hit. Usually it isn't me, because Rangers have low hp, but its hitting the MT because I tell it to (using jolt, stop hitting for a sec, etc..). Without me telling the mob to hit the tank, theres no way that tank could hold aggro off me. But when that tank is almost dead, and your butt is yelling OOM, I get the aggro the split second I want it. And while I'm not a tank, I can take a few hits. Is there a mob on a caster or cleric? Rangers job is to pull him off, and they do it well. Zing the mob with a snare/taunt/dot/whack upside the head, and he isn't going anywhere till I jolt its ugly butt.

Damage? A well equipped skilled ranger will do more damage than a warrior/monk/rogue in a head to head fight, don't be fooled that he's just hitting in the 50's while the rogue/monk/warrior occasionally give big numbers. The Ranger is doing those 50pt hits FAST..not to mention the fast dots and small DD's..

Crowd control? How often have you seen a ranger park a mob? Snare a runner about to cause a train? Lets see a rogue/monk/warrior do that..

Track? Guess what? We do it better than anybody, and we don't even charge for it, like clerics do for rezzes, wizzy's/druids for ports..

Pulling? Get a ranger in an outdoor zone with a good bow, Harmony, root, and snare, and he'll be able to find the mob, control that mob better than any falling down monk, AND be able to track the mob back to where the party is without getting lost. Hell, the mob may even be half dead by the time a good ranger gets it back to the party.

Buffs? Trust me, your little cleric butt is doing a lot less work when the Ranger keeps the tank buffed with AGI and Attk buffs, and he might just let you make a more graceful escape because he bothered to SoW you.

Corpse Retrieval? Ever lose a member in EJ to one of those big nasty worm thingys? Yep, send the sowed, cammo'd ranger out to track the corpse, AND bring it back while avoiding mobs and not getting lost. Thats a serious bit of rangering, and it doesn't even require a coffin.

Yes, Rangers ARE jacks of all trades. Yes, Rangers do have low hp and ac. But when it comes to controlling aggro and telling the mob who to hit and when, there are none better.

If every group you're in has a Warrior/Cleric/Chanter/Druid/Shammy/Necro/Rogue/& Wizzy in it, you may just be able to do without a Ranger. But since you can only get 6 in a group, I suggest you find the best ranger you can and put him to work.

Rangers have a misunderstood role in the game, partly because there are some poor players who try to play them like tanks, and largely because of misinformed "scholors" such as yourself. Every class has a very important role to play in the game. Don't dismiss the rangers because its more complex than sitting on their butt and hitting a hotkey saying "healed", or more than stabbing the mob in its back(not to diminish the importance of either job). A ranger is a thinking persons class, and just because its too complex and subtle for you to understand, doesn't mean its not a damn important job.

Edited, Fri Apr 26 02:17:51 2002

Hehe... hmm at lvl 30 i could hit for over 70dmg with a 25dmg weapon so just use peacekeeper o)

I've dropped the cappy more times than i can count. I've seen mantle drop almost always and gaunts drop occasionally, but yet to see the mace drop. So I'd say uncommon may be a stretch too.