Ranged weapon skill was able to serve as melee weapon one with UBWS? I always thought it is for 3 melee skills only.Yes Use best weapon. I have 120 archery, but also carry a ubws wpn. last night I equipped it and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn on a very low end spawn.
A few weeks ago (last time I used it) it worked fine. It won't allow special, even though I have high enough tactics but I could at least hit nearly every time, now it's a whiff show...Ubw never worked like that(with archery)for me
What that says is, you can't put UBW on a ranged weapon, melee "weapons" only, which I'm aware of. But Archery is absolutely a weapon skill, and it absolutely worked prior to this last patch. UBWS on my radiant scimitar, with 120 archery, before the patch I could hit just as if I had swordsmanship, even though with 120 tactics as well, you can't use specials on a UBW weapon, which makes no sense at all. However after this patch, I barely make contact with the sword just the way you would expect with 0 swords.Gwen is right, UBWS does not work for ranged weapons.
This is documented here: Magic Item Properties – Ultima Online
here
and on multiple Stratics threads.Use Best Weapon Skill - UOGuide, the Ultima Online Encyclopedia
www.uoguide.com
Wow merv twice as A$$ like on his third nameLet me answer your query with 2 questions.
1) if UBWS didn’t work for bows if you had swordsmanship, why would UBWS sword weapons work with archery?
2) when did you turn stupid?
No for throwing. Ranged skill. Even more crippled with all damage reduction , short distance, lack of gear and different weapon.it makes sense to me.
unless...... does throwing allow UBWS to interchange?
because if throwing does then archery should be allowed.
Think about it, do you think fencers would automatically have the same skill level as archery?For Archers... sadly archery is not considered a "weapon" skill... sounds dumb ... but it's true... not a weapon skill... not sure what they think bows are .... but apparently they aren't a weapon... guessing that same stupidity applies to throwing... I know this as I play an archer quite a lot and we would have tournaments with Jousting... and UBWS does NOT work for even that.... using a UBWS lance as an archer is equally useless ... always has been.
I guess for me it's not that UBWS is broken it's that the DEVs idea's on what is or isn't a weapon that is broken. They hate archers and throwers I guess... They find that those of us who chose to be ranged should somehow be punished... because for some reason not standing toe to toe with things that makes you somehow less of a fighter...
Now it becomes clear! Dread pirates have literally no skills at all, Im pretty much sure they are all zero. You can equip ANY weapon without the weapon skill and without UBWS and hit pretty much 100%. I'm sure JOAT is factored in for humans, in which case you are 20 skill points above the Dread pirate, so you will rarely miss.OK a*&holes, I"ve been beating Dread Pirates to death with UBWS swords equipped for several years now
Absolutely! They use Archery and quite frankly couldn't hit a barn door if they were swinging from the padlock!I reckon dread pirates have high wrestling, then they put a sword or something in their hand causing them to totally suck. I never lored one so I can't be sure, but disarm one sometime. They are much better fighters without a weapon.
Never disarm a dread pirate they will kill youNow it becomes clear! Dread pirates have literally no skills at all, Im pretty much sure they are all zero. You can equip ANY weapon without the weapon skill and without UBWS and hit pretty much 100%. I'm sure JOAT is factored in for humans, in which case you are 20 skill points above the Dread pirate, so you will rarely miss.
Go try it, I just did and I can equip anything and do the same damage.
UBWS is irrelevant on Dread Pirates. Quite frankly, they should be buffed, because they are not and have never been very 'dread'.
edit: if you are 'whiffing' as much as you say you are, its probably cos your an elf with no JOAT or, your HCI is debuffed/not there, thats just a thought. /anotheredit Or maybe you are whiffing on the orcs, that actually have weapon skills?
Medusa is the same.Never disarm a dread pirate they will kill you
Archery was nerfed ages agoYes Use best weapon. I have 120 archery, but also carry a ubws wpn. last night I equipped it and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn on a very low end spawn.
Think about it, do you think fencers would automatically have the same skill level as archery?
It’s like saying a snooker player can pick up a pool cue (fair enough) but they should also be great at javelin?
can you not see how fencing/swords/mace differs from archery, really?
of course throwing does not work with UBWS also.
mage weapon works, so why (if we talking lore) UBWS shouldn't?Macing vs Swords or Fencing are VASTLY different... now one could argue that Swords and Fencing are similar... maybe... but Fencing is most often more poking than slicing... where sword fighting is more slashing... but a mace is about Bashing which is totally different... and if you get into some maces which UO does not have... which would be more of a flail... (I really wish UO had some flails)... that is even different... but the DEVs saw fit to give each of those three a Whip... now tell me that THAT is comparable to any of those three... and I'll say "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire"... for sure... so if they can "stretch" whips into blades and maces... then surely you can stretch a bow to UBWS... Or any of the throwing weapons... ... Just saying.
This. Every melee skill would have defaulted to a UBWS bow by this point.If ubws worked for ranged you would have seen it on the pvp scene. It never worked before, would have been overpowering and every decade monkey would have a ubws bow of some type.
Liar.OK a*&holes, I"ve been beating Dread Pirates to death with UBWS swords equipped for several years now. I don't just make posts because I have nothing better to do. That being said, with 120 arch/tactics, I was able to beat the snot out of practically everything with a UBWS sword equipped. After this last patch, it's a whiff show. I can get down with the argument that it shouldn't work that way, I can't get down with people who call me a liar over a silly online game that I have absolutely no reason to lie about.....now I"m done with this thread. Go back to dreaming of how you're going to farm the upcoming Fall content 24/7 while you pretend you're "working from home".