MH or BoTH (in General)


Kong Ming October 7 2006 12:26 PM EDT

Tried looking up threads on the above 2 melee weapons and only found one with some information. With the cost for x and + the same for both, is BoTH a better melee weapon since it has a 50% more chance to hit? Any inputs?

AdminShade October 7 2006 12:38 PM EDT

MH deals a lot more damage at the same stats.

BTh however gets a lot less DX penalties when used with shields.

So it's a matter of choosing for higher damage or higher DX I think.

BootyGod October 7 2006 12:59 PM EDT

If you are using a ToA go Morg.

If not use BoTH.

ToA gives the + to hit you need so no worries.

Kong Ming October 7 2006 1:57 PM EDT

But won't the BoTH give more hits because its 1-handed? I know the damage given by MH is much higher than a BoTH.

BootyGod October 7 2006 1:57 PM EDT

Yes but the ToA would make up for the penalty hopefully.

Kong Ming October 7 2006 2:01 PM EDT

Is the 50% chance to hit using a 1-handed weapon added to the PTH of the weapon and also the ToA?

BootyGod October 7 2006 2:02 PM EDT

I not saying the ToA will COMPLETELY make up for it, only help alot and make the accuracy less of a trade off for massive damage.

Zoglog[T] [big bucks] October 7 2006 2:03 PM EDT

it is 50% more 'base chance to hit' over a 2-handed weapon, this is the basic chance so not likely to be added onto the pth but will likely affect how many + you need to be guaranteed a single hit.

Kong Ming October 7 2006 2:08 PM EDT

So if my melee weapon has +50, will it add to the base chance to hit? Meaning 1 guaranteed hit?

Zoglog[T] [big bucks] October 7 2006 2:10 PM EDT

The numbers aren't set in stone, people have only guessed as they don't know how the 50% split has been distributed so I can't give an answer to that, only advise you to understand my previous post thoroughly
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