Originally Posted by
Nosh
It decreases the swing time of the weapon, yes, but only down to the base time. So a -3 agidex gets me from a 7 second maul to a 4 second maul, which cannot have RT lower than 5 so it swings in 5.
However, I believe that when encumbrance is taken into account you gain back that extra -1 against the encumbrance formula. So if my "real" RT is 7 (base) - 3 (AGIDEX) = 4 actualswing time is 5...and if I add one second of encumbrance it's still 5 because my swing speed is really 4 but the weapon cannot be swung in less than 5.
I don't know that this is absolutely the truth, but based on anecdotal experience playing my rogue i'm almost 100% sure it is.
It is true, any extra agi/dex bonus will help reduce your rt when encumbered. It can be nice but when you've got a lot of extra you have to watch your encumbrance more carefully or in some areas you can end up dead rather quickly.
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