That great axe...

[ITS'aME'aMARIO!!!!]

So no, it's not something you should be able to 1hit kill a boar with at level 6. In MS 1.3, it woulda took about 12 strikes to kill a boar with the SB at Level 6 (granted, it only came in one variety).

that doesn't sound correct to me... i still have the ol 1.3 install and imma check that (exaggerration)

yeah, you are most definetely right about the difficulty to get these items. Though I have never seen a perfect skull in the thornlands (never hunted it
enough i suppose)

 

[Thothie]

Oh, it's not even that hard - think of a different timidus texdor.

Also the Rusty Skull Blade has base attributes of 100Dmg(+/-10) and 50% accuracy. VS. The Perfect Skull Blade's 350Dmg(+/-20) and 65% accuracy vs. Great Axe's 800Dmg(+/-150) and 25% accuracy.

 

[ITS'aME'aMARIO!!!!]

"True strength comes not from the weapon but the warrior weilding the weapon" (Dee Dee Dee!)

Yeah, i just tried out the perfect skull on my "main" character... xx/30 each hit was dropping 80-85s (lvl 25 swordskill)

IF two of those hits landed in succession i would be dealing a whopping 160-170 compared to the 3-4 hits of my tork doing 60-200 (dmg of my tork is 20-50)

I compared the perfect skullblade damage to the greater iceblade and found the damage of the gib near the same with an accuracy of xx/20 and it seemed to be slightly faster

(did all testing on black bears/iceboars whom if i am correct have no armor defence or wutevar) um, did it on blastos server too so maybe it's incorrect

goddamn... twas such a bitch hunting for that damned tork... and now it seems like well... A WASTE! lawl

the only thing i can't wait to see is when my sword balance is high enough to be xx/0 or 1 or something unbelievably low (i think now it's 11)


edit:
wow, actually on ur server i was swinging xx/26, on blastos is where i was getting xx/30

 

[Thothie]

By way of comparison the Ice Blade base damage is 350dmg (+/-10) with 70% accuracy, and the Greater Ice Blade 375dmg(+/-15) with 75% accuracy. Each is 0.1 seconds faster than the current Skull Blade.
(again, The Perfect Skull Blade's 350dmg(+/-20) and 65%)

Granted, there's the ice magical attribute to take into account - which means the ice blades are not as effective against undead, more effective against a smattering of other creatures, bypasses slash damage resistance on yet other creatures, and can freeze things in their tracks or slow them and do a small amount of extra DOT. Unlike the SB, the ice blades series are actually considered magical weapons for game mechanics, rather than just well crafted.

 

[Netrogor]

Ice Blade of any kind = 5x harder to get than perfect skullblade.

 

[evilsquirrel]

Ice Blade of any kind = 5x harder to get than perfect skullblade.

lesser iceblade

 

[Thothie]

By way of comparison the Ice Blade base damage is 350dmg (+/-10) with 70% accuracy, and the Greater Ice Blade 375dmg(+/-15) with 75% accuracy. Each is 0.1 seconds faster than the current Skull Blade.
(again, The Perfect Skull Blade's 350dmg(+/-20) and 65%)

Lesser Ice Blade: 150dmg (+/-120) @ 75% accuracy. Close to on-par with the regular short sword, save the ice effect, so it doesn't really enter into the discussion.