Exception Weapons VS...

[Gotendo]

When I get an "unidentified" item. Once I identify it, I know what the stats are. I am curious where crafted weapons that are exception stand amongst the magic weapons. Would it be on par with Might, or Force or am I completely wrong?

Also, what are the perks with GM blacksmith when it comes to crafting weapons. I have noticed some vendors sell exceptional items that have magic on them like Power, etc... I am a little rusty on my UO knowledge these days it has been too long.

I played on ABCUO for a bit and they had a nice guide for everything on there website. Can't seem to find any sort of guides for this website unless I am looking over it. If there are any PLEASE direct me in the right direction!

 

[Dellan]

Exception weapons deal... uuuunh, that's long time since I knew exact numbers, but I know it's slightly less than force, just -1 or so dmg, so it's ruin/ might/ exc/ force/ power/ vanq. Exceptional magic weapons can be created only with runic hammers, but I'm not sure if that is implemented here. Seen few runic hammers tho, so it probably is. Also blacksmiths have a small chance to smith a weapon with slayer property (and other crafters too I guess, got my hands on exc dragon slayer bow yesterday).

 

[Gotendo]

Ok, awesome. Thanks for the reply!

 

[Dellan]

Glad I helped.

 

[Malkraven]

http://www.uoguide.com/Item_Identification is pretty accurate as Dellan says GM is between Might and force.

The exceptional weapons with magic props are Runics made by a Runic smith hammer you add the props together so Exceptional (+3.5/ or 4 damage) + Might for example (+3 damage) would give you something around Power (+7 damage)

but dont discount the accuracy modifers they can add a nice damage boost

 

[Dellan]

Yea, acc modifiers add to tactics - tactics contribute to damage of weapon. Only exception where accuracy really means accuracy are bows/xbows.

 

[i.runs-south.fl]

is it jus me or does it seem like exceptional weapons own more than any vanq/power?

 

[halygon]

I like power weapons myself

 

[Terra Gaitan]

noway exceptional hits harder than vanq or power though if it doesnt have a buff to durability it would wear down a lot quicker making its dps drop significantly

 

[Kraden]

is it jus me or does it seem like exceptional weapons own more than any vanq/power?

I literally was thinking the same thing I was sparring with a buddy. I have vanq bow with some acc bonus. He had exp bow. He hit me harder more often and i missed more. We sat there and just watched shooting arrows laughing as he put my bow to shame

 

[halygon]

noway exceptional hits harder than vanq or power though if it doesnt have a buff to durability it would wear down a lot quicker making its dps drop significantly

Don't worry, they don't hit harder than might.