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Best Way To Find A Favorite Weapon

Not long ago we talked (Or rather, you were lectured) about finding a favorite weapon. Why would anyone want to find the warrior's favorite weapon? Because a warrior usually fights much better with his favorite in his hand.

Upon graduation to The Isle (Lord Protectorship) each warrior is informed of his birthright favorites. (Called "faves" by most of us.) That includes, the favorite weapon, the favorite rhythm, and with luck some favorite tactics and/or tactic learns. Warriors also usually fight better when they are on their "faves".

This article is only about the weapon part of a warrior's faves. If one could find a warrior's faves early, one would presumably be giving their warrior a nice advantage in fights. So how does one find a favorite weapon? Actually, you cannot "find" it, merely surmise it from the data.

Consortium managers tend to find their warrior's fave weapon appx 65% of the time before graduation. (Some of the time, the fave is just not discernable; some of the time, the estimate is just plain incorrect.)

The Consortium method is as follows:

Chart/record these numbers from each fight:

Then record the data by weapon as follows: crits/swings/EHV. For example, a striker may have tried three weapons with these results:

The more crits per swing, the more likely you have found a favorite weapon. Even if it is not the fave, it is certainly a better performing weapon, and ought to be considered for a lot of use. It is thought that if a weapon is performing well, the favorite weapon is probably that weapon, or one of a similar type. For example, the SS above looks most favorable, so there is some possibility that the fave is that SS or another lunging type weapon, such as a LO or LS.

One of the more common questions is "Just what is a crit?" We Consortiumites define it as a swing which "reads with extra ferociousness"! For example, using the SS above--"lunges with the SS" is a normal swing while "shortspear moves like angry lightning" is a critical swing.

To alleviate any questions of what is a critical swing, below are listed the best active list of criticals per weapon. Weapons Criticals List....

Broadsword (BS)

Battle Axe (BA)

Dagger (DA)

Epee (EP)

Fist (FI)

Kick (FI)

Great Axe (GA)

Greatsword (GS)

Halberd (HL)

Hatchet (HA)

Large Shield (LG)

Longspear (LS)

Longsword (LO)

Maul (ML)

Medium Shield (ME)

Morning Star (MS)

Quarterstaff (QS)

Scimitar (SC)

Small Shield (SM)

Short Spear (SS)

Shortsword (SH)

War Flail (WF) "Whiffle"

War Hammer (WH)

Remember "Crits" are the key. Good luck in your weapon selection decision making as it just may make the difference between a win or a loss.

-- Snake Charmer, Snake-In-The-Grass (Consortium affiliated)



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