Can free to play accounts make use of the weighting from claidmores?

[Winter]

I made a free account try out a ranger, I read that you can cast e blade on both arrows and on a bow to get a +40 bonus but noticed I wasn't getting any bonus at all. Well it turns out free acounts are limited to a +25 bonus and have cap of dmg/crit weighting, I tried eblading the arrows and I got the +20 bonus. I'm not going to pretend that I understand how crit/dmg weight works because I don't, so could anyone tell me if backroom claidmores are just normal 2 handed swords in the hands of a free to play player?

[gilchristr]

post a screen shot where you hit the target for an endroll of say 110-130, and we can tell you whether the crit weighting was added.

[Winter]

You swing a claidhmore at a mountain ogre!
AS: +185 vs DS: +109 with AvD: +34 + d100 roll: +19 = +129
... and hit for 39 points of damage!
Knocked back several feet by blow to abdomen.
The mountain ogre is stunned!
Roundtime: 5 sec.


ou swing a claidhmore at a great brown bear!
AS: +185 vs DS: +103 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +5 = +119
... and hit for 24 points of damage!
Shield arm mangled horribly.
The great brown bear is stunned!
Roundtime: 5 sec.


ou swing a claidhmore at a great brown bear!
AS: +185 vs DS: +135 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +34 = +116
... and hit for 28 points of damage!
Quick, hard slash to the great brown bear's right arm!
*CRACK*
The great brown bear is stunned!
Roundtime: 5 sec.

[Thondalar]

Looks like it is hitting slightly harder than a stock 2-handed sword, but not by much.

[Whirlin]

I'll do some maths when I get home this afternoon. But nothing for you now.

[Donquix]

You swing a claidhmore at a mountain ogre!
AS: +185 vs DS: +109 with AvD: +34 + d100 roll: +19 = +129
... and hit for 39 points of damage!
Knocked back several feet by blow to abdomen.
The mountain ogre is stunned!
Roundtime: 5 sec.


AvD 34 = full leather OR LBP OR double chain
if full: 29 * .475 = 13.775 raw damage (max crit rank = 2)
crit = rank 5 crush (min 30 damage needed) = ~17 points weighting minimum

if lbp: 29 * .5 = 14.5 raw damage (max crit rank = 2)
crit = rank 5 crush (min 35 damage needed) = ~21 points weighting minimum

if double chain: 29 * .350 = 10.15 raw damage (max crit rank = 1)
crit = rank 5 crush (min 45 damage needed) = ~35 points weighting minimum



ou swing a claidhmore at a great brown bear!
AS: +185 vs DS: +103 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +5 = +119
... and hit for 24 points of damage!
Shield arm mangled horribly.
The great brown bear is stunned!
Roundtime: 5 sec.

AvD 32 = double leather OR Cuirbouilli (pretty sure bears are double leather equiv skin)

if double leather 19 * .475 = 9 raw damage = max crit rank 1
crit = rank 5 crush (min 30 damage needed) = ~21 points wieghting min

...i think

[Riltus]

I made a free account try out a ranger, I read that you can cast e blade on both arrows and on a bow to get a +40 bonus but noticed I wasn't getting any bonus at all. Well it turns out free acounts are limited to a +25 bonus and have cap of dmg/crit weighting, I tried eblading the arrows and I got the +20 bonus. I'm not going to pretend that I understand how crit/dmg weight works because I don't, so could anyone tell me if backroom claidmores are just normal 2 handed swords in the hands of a free to play player?

You're getting the benefit of claidhmore critical weighting (40pts). It's not always evident because of critical randomization. With each attack the full weapon weighting is added whenever the initial raw damage is sufficient to inflict a minimum rank 1 critical. It's possible that you're also gaining 2 pts of DEX bonus weighting (w/ a min DEX bonus of 8) for a total of 42 pts.

Note: Claidhmore DEX weighting is capped at 2 pts. (not carved in stone)

This is a F2P character showing a minimum of 38 pts crit weighting.

You swing a claidhmore at a giant ant!
AS: +51 vs DS: +27 with AvD: +34 + d100 roll: +62 = +120
... and hit for 75 points of damage!
Slash to the giant ant's ribs opens a sucking chest wound!

DF: .475 (claid vs full leather equivalent)
Raw damage: 10 (20 * .475)
Crit damage: 65
Total damage: 75
Crit: Rank 8
Armor crit divisor: 6
Minimum damage for R8: 48
Minimum weighting added: 38 (48 - 10)

Mark

[wizgem3]

This swing is from ftp character. Its 3X old style claid.

You swing a ******** claidhmore at an Agresh bear!
AS: +204 vs DS: +120 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +5 = +127
... and hit for 79 points of damage!
Massive blow punches a hole through the Agresh bear's chest!
The Agresh bear collapses heavily into a heap on the ground and dies.

[paxprobellum]

Is it a secret claid? :P