Posted by alrucus on May 2, 2000 at 08:17:06:
In Reply to: You would think twice about using mace posted by Leorinth on May 2, 2000 at 06:40:19:
look for combos in the two specs you want as well... such as.
as an arbiter.. with hand to hand.
crushing blow is nice for stunning your opponent so they cannot flee from you and your guards, and you can tank naked with ironhands... isnt as good as parry but it is better than with just dodge, and you deal a little bit more damage with your hands.
stun is nice is the bad situations.. when you have to flee.
when in pk.. is a good combo to stun and then charge, since you do more damage from a charge on a sleeping person.
with mace
maces arent the easiest to dodge and parry, and drum and boneshatter is quite nasty to people.
as an arbiter with your guards, manacle and boneshatter would give an arial a shitty job for dex, and strength, and make it so they cannot move very far.
drum does stupid amounts of damage fast.. i like drum.
cranial doesnt work near as often as stun.. but can work in those nasty situations.. but if things get nasty.. wear the polearm. flee and hope for charge sets ;P
only times things really get nasty is from ragers.. everyone else is pretty much wimps for criminals.. all except zorszaul.
heh
damn you zorszaul.
but for an arbi.. i would go polearm mace
mainly for the manacle boneshater combo
then wearing a polearm to keep them from fleeing and parting blows.even if you dont get the manacles.. which you should be able to... still great to use.
and polearm is just nasty to those thirsty ragers. ;P
my 2 cents.
-me