Do thrown mage weapons even work?!

[Tanivar]

The mage-weapon -25 valorite cyclone throwing weapon my legendary crafter made for my GM Magery gargoyle rarely scores any hits. I finally targeted a cow and after 15 minutes of ranged & melee distance attacks *no*hits*were* scored* on* the*cow*. The cow, on the other hand, had my gargoyle's hp down 20%. Anyone else using a crafted thrown mage-weapon? I'm curious if the dang things work for anyone.

Below is a screenshot showing his skills & the weapon info.

 

[Storm]

lose the shield and you will hit more I believe with shield its - 15% to hit or something like that

 

[Tanivar]

lose the shield and you will hit more I believe with shield its - 15% to hit or something like that

Must actually be -99.99%


I got rid of the shield and went back to the Britian moongate area and killed 4 cows and a greater hind in the first minute with a gain in Tactics.

Tactics gains have been a very rare thing due to the lack of hits. Getting something better than what must have been ggs gains will be nice.

All the aggravation because I'd wanted the 5% DCI from the shield. Wonder if not having any shield skill is why.

 

[Storm]

Wonder if not having any shield skill is why

I would say yes there were some posts here about that exact thing!

this info may assist you

Weapons have a base range that is increased according to the player’s strength o Boomerang: 4 min, 7 max
o Cyclone: 6 min, 9 max
o Soul Glaive: 8 min, 11 max
· Distance from target affects the damage and accuracy of the thrown weapon – there is a sweet spot of range and power that deals more effective damage
o This is calculated as Hit Chance penalties and Damage Reduction
· Close Quarters Combat: Being too close to a target would normally cause ineffective throws. However, Swordsmanship skill can compensate for this, with Legendary skill even giving a slight bonus.
· Shield Penalties: All throwing weapons are one-handed, and thus Gargoyles can equip shields.
o Causes Hit Chance and Defense Reduction penalties while holding a shield. This penalty is reduced by your skill in parrying.



taken from stratics

 

[Storm]

there is also good info here
http://www.uoguide.com/Throwing

 

[Tanivar]

oCauses Hit Chance and Defense Reduction penalties while holding a shield. This penalty is reduced by your skill in parrying.

taken from stratics

That was one serious penalty.

Have to do more more homework next time. <chuckle>

 

[Laf]

That was one serious penalty.

Have to do more more homework next time. <chuckle>

what of eval/anat passive dci?

instead of parry

 

[Tanivar]

what of eval/anat passive dci?

instead of parry

I don't have the skill points for Anatomy.

My flyer's template is going to be:

Mage 110
Mystic 100
Eval 100
Meditate 100
Tactics 100
Imbue 120
Resist 70
Chivalry 20

I've got a throwing weapon with Lightning 50 on it a friend imbued with Mage Weapon & Spell channeling for me. The attacks with that mixed in with the Eagle spell is proving an effective combo as I train Tactics & Mysticism. The three mage skills were GMed & soulstoned to him.

It's an interesting spellslinging combo.

 

[ReaperNI]

why dont you take two second build another mage wep on it have everything eles but the spell hit and since your a imbued mystic cast enchant and put an extra lighting stike on to a already 500 weight wep

 

[Tanivar]

why dont you take two second build another mage wep on it have everything eles but the spell hit and since your a imbued mystic cast enchant and put an extra lighting stike on to a already 500 weight wep

I had a weapon I used Enchant on and didn't get many lightning Bolts from the Enchant Spell. Heck, Enchant occasionally ran out with maybe one lightning bolt effect. Hits were not that common.

I made scores of weapons with valorite & runic tools untilI got the Lightning 50 one and a few other nice ones and had a friend Imbue it with Spell Channeling & Mage-weapon. Then I added +23 Magery to my gargoyles jewelry and powerscrolled him to 110 magery. With the new weapons better Mage-weapon number, he has a 99.3 skill with the weapon and hits more often.

The thrown weapon is there for a little added damage since magic spells are so underpowered where the ML & SA monsters are comcerned.

Heck, my elder Magery & Eval Thunter/Miner gets in fights mining in Ter-Mer where his spells occasionally don't affect the monsters heathbar at all, and the following spell drops it a single pixel column. Way to many HPs.