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Are throwing weapons useless?
Yes, I never bother with them 50%  50%  [ 21 ]
No, they are not useless, your just doing it wrong. 21%  21%  [ 9 ]
They have their place in the game, and that is enough 29%  29%  [ 12 ]
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:24 pm 
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TheCannibal wrote:
I still throw daggers when I level btw.


I quit when they started costing an amount of PE on par with bash. Both of those skills take an inordinate amount of PE.


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It's just the first throw that takes a lot of PE. You know that if you have auto fire turned on, you don't get a big hit of PE on every shot, right?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:32 pm 
Not exactly the same thing, but...Shooting arrows takes a ridiculous amount of PE. I don't know if it's just because arrows take longer to kill things or what(meaning more attacks). But use a bow for any sort of long period and you will be out of PE in like 4 fights.


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Syndal wrote:
Not exactly the same thing, but...Shooting arrows takes a ridiculous amount of PE. I don't know if it's just because arrows take longer to kill things or what(meaning more attacks). But use a bow for any sort of long period and you will be out of PE in like 4 fights.


Syn rolled a scout everyone. She's already pushing for how they need a few changes to be good. :lol:


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:53 pm 
Actually, I played a merc spec'd in longbow before I made my bard. -_-


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Not exactly the same thing, but...Shooting arrows takes a ridiculous amount of PE. I don't know if it's just because arrows take longer to kill things or what(meaning more attacks). But use a bow for any sort of long period and you will be out of PE in like 4 fights.


I'm actually baffled to hear this, considering how the "major opinion" was that shooting things was entirely too fast and easy to get a get a kill with.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:01 pm 
Sure, if you're pking a sorceror or something. But try using a bow on a trip to the Wastelands or whatever, or leveling. It's impossible.

Using a longbow to level in the CoH I would run out of PE in like two fights, whereas if I used my spear, I'd lose like 15% a fight, if that.


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Bows are very damn good at killing people, but they're really not so hot for leveling.


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buxtehude_sorethumbe wrote:
Assuming I were playing the game again, and I were playing a caster, I might have done a fair amount of levelling with large size daggers, during the lower level range. Second attack + decent str + large size daggers = a surprising amount of damage = a surprising amount of levelling without need of rest and recuperation. So... Maybe you're doing it wrong?

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Agreed. Noncombat characters get a bit of a boost to their early levelling if they have their hands on a small pile of daggers and enough dex to bother (else there's no room to carry them).


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:18 am 
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I love throwing weapons! I pked very experienced people using them with Aelraen while I would have no chance with any other weapon that his class could use.

Vinzer wrote:
You throw an iron javelin at a battered male deep-elf!
Your throw grazes a battered male deep-elf.
You throw an iron javelin at a battered male deep-elf!
Your throw hits a battered male deep-elf.
You throw an iron javelin at a battered male deep-elf!
Your throw grazes a battered male deep-elf.
You throw an iron javelin at a battered male deep-elf!
Your throw injures a battered male deep-elf.
Overall, a battered male deep-elf has quite a few wounds.




Delear wrote:
You throw an iron javelin at a six-fingered male deep-elf!
Your throw breaks a six-fingered male deep-elf's mirror image.
You throw an iron javelin at a six-fingered male deep-elf!
You miss a six-fingered male deep-elf.
You throw an iron javelin at a six-fingered male deep-elf!
A six-fingered male deep-elf dodges your attack.
You throw an iron javelin at a six-fingered male deep-elf!
A six-fingered male deep-elf dodges your attack.


Dschijiran wrote:
[HP:100%] [ME: 97%] [PE: 80%]
Your aggressive move destroys your sanctuary spell!
The white aura around your body fades.
You throw an iron javelin at a slender female deep-elf!
A slender female deep-elf steps out of the shadows.
A slender female deep-elf yells 'Guards! Someone is trying to mug me!'
You are no longer invisible.
Your throw scratches a slender female deep-elf.

[HP:100%] [ME: 97%] [PE: 80%]

You throw an iron javelin at a slender female deep-elf!
A slender female deep-elf dodges your attack.
You throw an iron javelin at a slender female deep-elf!
A series of fractures appears on an iron javelin!
Your throw scratches a slender female deep-elf.
You throw an iron javelin at a slender female deep-elf!
Your throw scratches a slender female deep-elf.
You throw an iron javelin at a slender female deep-elf!
Your throw scratches a slender female deep-elf.


Daigath wrote:
[HP:100%] [ME: 57%] [PE: 81%]
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
A jittery male gnome yells 'Guards! A calm m`ld h`kf-elf is tsyhmg to mureeq me!'
Your throw grazes a jittery male gnome.

[HP:100%] [ME: 57%] [PE: 79%]

A jittery male gnome scratches the grey wolf.
The grey wolf dodges a jittery male gnome's attack.
A black bay destrier misses the grey wolf.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
Your throw grazes a jittery male gnome.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
A series of fractures appears on an iron javelin!
Your throw scratches a jittery male gnome.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
You miss a jittery male gnome.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
Your throw grazes a jittery male gnome.
The grey wolf bites at a black bay destrier's right toe, cutting it slightly.
The grey wolf bites at a black bay destrier's chest, barely wounding him.
The grey wolf bites at a black bay destrier's chest, barely wounding him.

[HP:100%] [ME: 57%] [PE: 78%]

Lirimaer walks in from the west.
Yulig walks in from the west.

[HP:100%] [ME: 57%] [PE: 78%]

A black bay destrier misses the grey wolf.
A black bay destrier scratches the grey wolf.
A black bay destrier misses the grey wolf.
A jittery male gnome scratches the grey wolf.
A jittery male gnome misses the grey wolf.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
Your throw grazes a jittery male gnome.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
Your throw hits a jittery male gnome.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
Your throw grazes a jittery male gnome.
You throw an iron javelin at a jittery male gnome!
Your throw grazes a jittery male gnome.
The grey wolf bites at a black bay destrier's chest, barely wounding him.
The grey wolf misses a black bay destrier.

[HP:100%] [ME: 57%] [PE: 76%]
Bash who?! what?!
A jittery male gnome runs west.
You follow a jittery male gnome west.
You run west.
You stop firing.


Beethiok wrote:
[HP:100%] [ME: 32%] [PE: 98%]
You throw an iron javelin at a brown-haired male halfling!
Your throw grazes a brown-haired male halfling.
A sickly male gnome's skin blackens from the unquenchable magma.
A sickly male gnome unconcernedly brushes away his own waves of magma.
A wight bites a golden male griffon!
A wight bites a golden male griffon!


Lumos wrote:
You throw an iron javelin at an impish male halfling!
Your throw grazes an impish male halfling.
You throw an iron javelin at an impish male halfling!
Your throw grazes an impish male halfling.
You throw an iron javelin at an impish male halfling!
Your throw grazes an impish male halfling.
You throw an iron javelin at an impish male halfling!
Your throw grazes an impish male halfling.


To answer your question it is just you. They have their uses. :)


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