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Re: Scythe & Shield

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Everyone interested in the progression of the project is more than welcome to help with the playerset since it is blocking a lot of other work.
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Re: Scythe & Shield

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I know that this is somewhat off-topic, but is it possible to have two "hand" slots? Allowing one, for example, to carry two daggers as well as one dagger and a shield. Any approvals/disapprovals?
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TheBasilisk wrote:I know that this is somewhat off-topic, but is it possible to have two "hand" slots? Allowing one, for example, to carry two daggers as well as one dagger and a shield. Any approvals/disapprovals?
Support for that is planned in Manaserv.
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...although there is no proper game rules concept for this yet. Equipping two one-handed weapons is currently possible but the way it works (the stats of the second weapon are simply added to those of the first) is nonsensical and considered a bug to be fixed.


By the way: eAthena should already have proper support and balanced game rules for equipping two one-handed weapons. The RO Assassin class is able to do this.
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Rotonen wrote:Everyone interested in the progression of the project is more than welcome to help with the player set since it is blocking a lot of other work.
I am going to look at how far Fother has got on the Player set soon and will try to finish off at lest the one handed slash attack so I can start on the adjustments to the equipment as well.

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Re: Scythe & Shield

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Doulos wrote: 26 Nov 2009, 23:26
Crush wrote:

How will this affect game balance? When the scythe has the disadvantage over knifes that it can't be used with a shield it should be stronger than them.

  • The jump from a +15 Dagger damage to +75 Scythe damage is already unbalanced, imho. A small disadvantage isn't unreasonable.

  • Most players don't have a shield by the time they get the Scythe other than the leather shield which makes little difference in saving a player (and isn't intended to either).

  • Most players never keep the scythe for great lengths of time because the Short Sword soon replaces it. (It is a rarely seen tool used in game, from observation.)

  • Many players bypass the tool altogether and are led to the Short Sword by helpful higher level players. And that is not a reflection on the lack of shielding.

Another possibility is to give the Scythe +100 while removing the shielding. This would make it as strong as the Short Sword (too easily attainable these days) but still at a disadvantage.

Doulos suggestion for damage change ACKed by development team and pushed in commit c60b2c75. Therefore, suggestion implemented and topic closed. Open a new one if you still have considerations to make.

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