Sonics
08-15-2015, 12:11 AM
I recently came back to GS and used a fixskill for Song of Tonis and swinging a short sword in 1 second. During my first hunt using a sonic short sword I became disappointed by how little I was seeing the air flares. After reviewing my logs and crunching some numbers it appears to me that the second flare (with a loud snap) can only happen with the first flare (unleashes a blast of sonic energy) instead of independently.
From gswiki
Unlike "normal" elemental flares in more common weapons, the Sonic Weapon can and frequently does flare sequentially, on back-to-back swings. This makes the flares from the song among the most highly regarded flares in GemStone.
In addition, a second chance of flaring is achieved when the Bard has trained even a single rank in Elemental Lore, Air; more ranks provide an increasing likelihood of the flare. This second chance is completely independent of the first, and has distinct messaging when triggered so the Bard will know whether the weapon has flared the "first" time or the "second" time if there is only one flare.
I remember it working like this when my bard was young and I even found many examples like the following here on the PC.
You swing a sonic maul at a cinder wasp!
AS: +305 vs DS: +175 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +8 = +121
... and hit for 19 points of damage!
Smash to the kneecap.
** With a loud snap, a blast of energy bursts from your sonic maul! **
... 60 points of damage!
Blow to chest frees a rib to spear a lung and heart!
Roundtime: 5 sec.
I have 95 ranks of air lore, so I should see the second flare a little over 1/3 of the time.
Elemental Lore, Air: The following training thresholds yield 3% additional chance for the secondary flare to activate: 3, 7, 12, 18, 25, 33, 42, 52, 63, 75, 88, 102. Note that the increase is continuous rather than discrete; each rank trained adds to the chance to flare.
222 hits with 21 outright kills with the weapon, so only 201 chances to flare
None of the first flares killed
44 unleashes a blast of sonic energy (first flare)
10 With a loud snap (second flare)
Out of 201 swings I should be seeing approximately 66 of the second flare instead of 10. Also the second flare only occurred with the first flare (double flares), never independently.
Did I miss a nerf to Sonic Weapons while I was gone or am I just unluckiest bard ever?
From gswiki
Unlike "normal" elemental flares in more common weapons, the Sonic Weapon can and frequently does flare sequentially, on back-to-back swings. This makes the flares from the song among the most highly regarded flares in GemStone.
In addition, a second chance of flaring is achieved when the Bard has trained even a single rank in Elemental Lore, Air; more ranks provide an increasing likelihood of the flare. This second chance is completely independent of the first, and has distinct messaging when triggered so the Bard will know whether the weapon has flared the "first" time or the "second" time if there is only one flare.
I remember it working like this when my bard was young and I even found many examples like the following here on the PC.
You swing a sonic maul at a cinder wasp!
AS: +305 vs DS: +175 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +8 = +121
... and hit for 19 points of damage!
Smash to the kneecap.
** With a loud snap, a blast of energy bursts from your sonic maul! **
... 60 points of damage!
Blow to chest frees a rib to spear a lung and heart!
Roundtime: 5 sec.
I have 95 ranks of air lore, so I should see the second flare a little over 1/3 of the time.
Elemental Lore, Air: The following training thresholds yield 3% additional chance for the secondary flare to activate: 3, 7, 12, 18, 25, 33, 42, 52, 63, 75, 88, 102. Note that the increase is continuous rather than discrete; each rank trained adds to the chance to flare.
222 hits with 21 outright kills with the weapon, so only 201 chances to flare
None of the first flares killed
44 unleashes a blast of sonic energy (first flare)
10 With a loud snap (second flare)
Out of 201 swings I should be seeing approximately 66 of the second flare instead of 10. Also the second flare only occurred with the first flare (double flares), never independently.
Did I miss a nerf to Sonic Weapons while I was gone or am I just unluckiest bard ever?