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Nad · Jun 24, 2005, 02:26 AM // 02:26

Can anyone tell me if there is a difference between the three? I'm only concerned about PvP. Assume you're attacking a caster with 60 armor with no other mods and no enchantments. Would all three types do the same ammount of damage?

Aranador · Jun 24, 2005, 05:33 AM // 05:33

Some armours specifically differentiate between piercing damage and not - I have not seen ones that specify slashing over blunt - but I suspect some monsters have this

Anyway - there is

Armour - protects against everything
Armour vrs physical - adds to armour vrs slash blunt and piercing
Armour vrs elemental - adds to armour vrs fire ice earth lightning
Armour vrs piercing - adds to armour vrs piercing
Armour vrs fire
Armour vrs ice

And I am sure there are others too.

Ishamael Sedai · Jun 24, 2005, 05:37 AM // 05:37

there are shields that have + armor vs blunt and shields that have + armor vs slashing

Epinephrine · Jun 24, 2005, 02:43 PM // 14:43

To my knowledge there is no difference between the attack types, unless facing armour that protects more against one or another. So - assuming a caster with AL60 they are the same.

There are creature types that take more/less damage from the various types, so they (creatures) most likely have armour ratings for each type, but a standard set of caster armour appears to be equal vs all three.

Yukito Kunisaki · Jun 24, 2005, 06:25 PM // 18:25

I asked this question a while ago and yeah, the difference is only noticed through certain armor types and skills that defend against said types.

Though hammers got it good because I don't see any skill / armor at all that resists blunt dmg...

Spideyknight · Jun 24, 2005, 09:32 PM // 21:32

Hard to make armor that resists a 35lb anvil crushing your skull.

Nad · Jun 25, 2005, 12:02 AM // 00:02

That might have been the most idiotic reply i've ever read eventhorizen.

Gerbill · Jun 25, 2005, 12:30 AM // 00:30

if you think bout it it's pretty logical.
blunt.. doesn't need to get trough the armor to deal damage thus most damage.
piercing just pierces trough it thus second highest amount of damage.
slashing just slashes against it, only good with bare flesh really, thus lowest amount of damage only leaving a scratch on your awesome armor.

Tuna · Jun 25, 2005, 08:13 AM // 08:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Epinephrine

As in; if I have 4 weapons, each with 5-9 damage : a hammer, a bow, an axe and a sword, is there any difference in the damage they deliver to an AL60 caster. The answer to this question, I believe, is no.

Assuming you have the same level of mastery with each weapon and every thing else is constant they will do the same damage.

Ollj · Jun 25, 2005, 09:57 AM // 09:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nad

Can anyone tell me if there is a difference between the three? I'm only concerned about PvP. Assume you're attacking a caster with 60 armor with no other mods and no enchantments. Would all three types do the same ammount of damage?

I guess yes.

Da Cebuano · Jun 25, 2005, 04:42 PM // 16:42

Wow Evo, bro, stop thinking and preserve your braincells for your daily activities. I can only imagine how many burned out when you thought up your post.

Anyway, Certain shields or mods have specific def. Like this shield I saw has +5armor VS blunt dmg, ideal VS hammer, but swords and axe get away around it. Axe has both slash and piercing(battle pick).

Also, in real life, anything piercing works best VS heavy armor, I dunno if the same formula is used ingame, personally, just go w/ higher numbers.

eventhorizen · Jun 26, 2005, 06:44 AM // 06:44

If he is asking if a sword that does 9 damage and a hammer that does 9 damage and an axe that does 9 damage all do 9 damage then he is a retard.

I thought he wanted a comparitive description on the damage types, such as does slashing have the same effect as blunt etc.

My post described how blunt damage would generally do more raw swing damage than say a sword, but if they are all restricted to X damage then obviously all they do X damage.

Sorry, I have must thought no way could be asking such a stupid question as do 9 damage weapons e.g do 9 damage, and thought there was actually a real question somewhere in his post.

If you get attacked by a melee weapon in pvp, and you do not know what the damage stat is on the weapon anyone with the slightest bit of experiance knows that a hammer is going to knock large chunks off their hp than a sword will, but faced with a sword your going to face all sorts of nasty effects, and with arrows youll know theyre going to hurt fairly well, as well as also inflict some kind of extras on you.

Its safe to say that based on pure weapon type alone and no skills, you would be most concerned with the hammer and its blunt damge.
Assuming of course each weapon is not capped at the exact same damage level, in which case IMO a hammer weilder would have a distinct disadvantage after you consider the effects that can be administered.

However thats all irrelevent to the initial question I think.
lol

kuramaroze · Jun 26, 2005, 06:47 AM // 06:47

Hes not asking bows vs swords vs hammers, etc. Hes asking what type does the most damage. Here's an example: Piercing axes do piercing damage.

They all do the same damage, ignoring any +armor vs slashing/blunt/piercing found on mesmer armors and shields.

eventhorizen · Jun 26, 2005, 05:32 PM // 17:32

Thats like asking which classes armor gives most protection at AL 60.....