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Correct me if I wrong but aren't katanas suppose to be light and fast?
Clevner Oakthistle, ranger 50
Prexus
Fine Steel Katana
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Katana used one-handed = slow
Katana used two-handed = fast
I used to practice Kenjutsu and could land 2-3 hits in one second (wielded 2-handed).
One-handed, the katana is like a broad sword: The wrist, arm and shoulder is used to swing/handle the blade. Two-handed it's mainly the arm(s) that is used to swing the blade and it's the puss-pull motion that gives the exceptional speed.
It's interesting to see that the katana is used one-handed in most MMOG. In UO, the katana is the fastest weapon in the game, even thou it's wielded one-handed...oh well.
Katana used two-handed = fast
I used to practice Kenjutsu and could land 2-3 hits in one second (wielded 2-handed).
One-handed, the katana is like a broad sword: The wrist, arm and shoulder is used to swing/handle the blade. Two-handed it's mainly the arm(s) that is used to swing the blade and it's the puss-pull motion that gives the exceptional speed.
It's interesting to see that the katana is used one-handed in most MMOG. In UO, the katana is the fastest weapon in the game, even thou it's wielded one-handed...oh well.
#Anonymous,
Posted: Sep 27 2001 at 8:41 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Damn you, next you practise Kenjutsu at your local Dojo, remember to take off your FBSS... don't cheat! Other wise don't complain when i wear a silver belt and end hitting 4-5 times a second.
Scholar
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In real life, I am a collector of katanas, wakizashis, and various other Japanese armor and weaponry. A katana generally weighs anywhere from 2 to 4 pounds, depending on materials used. But let's also remember that EverQuest doesn't go by pounds, it goes by stones. And who knows what a stone weighs in EverQuest.
As far as speed is concerned, 28 delay is fast for the people that would be hunting in Stonebrunt Mountains and getting experience. Swinging once every 2.8 seconds is nothing to scoff at when you are in your 20's and early 30's.
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As far as speed is concerned, 28 delay is fast for the people that would be hunting in Stonebrunt Mountains and getting experience. Swinging once every 2.8 seconds is nothing to scoff at when you are in your 20's and early 30's.
Predatorus Viktus
"The Father," First Order of Blood Knights
Shadow Division, Shadow Tribune
52nd Scale Shadow Knight
Bristlebane Server
"There is an ancient Iksar saying, that something lasts only as long as the last person remembers it. My people have come to trust memory over history. Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable. Those who renounce the flame of memory in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth: Beware these men, for they are dangerous themselves... and unwise. There are false histories written on the blood of those who might remember, and on those who seek the truth."
Everquest goes by pounds, always has. A ston is 14 pounds, always has been. Anyone who insists on calling pounds stones so they can feel more 'fantasy' is an idiot. If this item weighed 8.5 stones, it would be 119 pounds. That is a damn heavy sword.
As i pointed out when this discussion popped up about another item awhile back, EQ uses pounds, but not in the way most people probably think. Fetid bass from the waters surrounding the outpost of Fironia Vie clear the whole thing up pretty well i think. A 14lb Fetid Bass weighs 1.4 in EQ, a 7lb Fetid Bass weighs 0.7, etc. Everquest uses tenths of a pound.
Anonymous
"Everquest uses tenths of a pound."
Other way around. 1.0 WT = 10lbs means EQ uses 10s of pounds not tenths of pounds. A tenth of a pound would be 0.01 WT.
I know its a quibling little point, but you brought it up. :)
Other way around. 1.0 WT = 10lbs means EQ uses 10s of pounds not tenths of pounds. A tenth of a pound would be 0.01 WT.
I know its a quibling little point, but you brought it up. :)
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this is everquest, the place where 300+ lbs white ogres can levitate with full suit of heavy steel armor. =)
#Anonymous,
Posted: Sep 27 2001 at 2:51 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Lol your statement is so true :P
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