Posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on June 12, 2000 at 14:40:49:
In Reply to: Hey Proud Blade, see if you can help me with this posted by Mini-Mean Guy on June 12, 2000 at 12:19:41:
1) It's kind of rude to ask me to answer. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here. When it comes to game mechanics, I'm actually not very good.
2) As a case in point, I have never played a character who made heavy use of flails. According to item search, they are quite rare, but I know of several accessible ones lying around where low-level people can find them, some of them quite good for their level.
I'm sure there is someone who played a whip/flail spec recently who can answer better about the rest. I know that Graatch played an excellent whip/flail spec with tremendous yet unheralded roleplaying potential, all of this according to the estimates of, well, Graatch. *cough* And there's any number of Ragers who actually heroed (*cough*) going that route- whip/flail makes an excellent utility/secondary spec.
> Since you seem to be very knowledgable about the game. I did a forum search first but most of the information I found on flails was contradictory. I would like to know which attribute affects the use of this weapon more. Is it Str or Dex based? Also where do they fall on the ranking of parrying weapons? At the bottom with whips or near the middle with maces being they are a combination of both? I know not many classes use em so other classes won't be able to parry em well. One last thing, are they the least numerous weapons in Thera? I've only ran across a few in my travels of Thera. Not like swords and daggers which seem to be the most numerous, and I've not seen or heard of any Flails with special abilities, have you?