Rune Blade?

[Elusivellama]

Seems like this would be a great weapon for RDMs. How is the latent effect activated? There must be some sort of catch-22 here.

[Tamora]

Not too sure, but from what I understand it has something to do with mp. I've heard it either takes away mp or gives mp back per second. I wouldn't mind trying one out but it's a mil on my server, which while not expensive, it does not sell often enough for me to try then sell back the next day :/ If someone figures out how it works, let us know^^

[ForumWhore]

I'm going by a vague memory here (i.e., this could be 100% wrong), but the latent effect kicks in whenever you are engaged in combat, but also drains mp. How much mp, I don't know; I've never seen anybody with it, so I'd guess the mp drain isn't worth it.

[Shiia]

4mp per tick.

[Akiro]

yea its rather stupid 4mp per tick and the latent effect stops when... you have no more mp i find this only for well wars if they can use it that is other then that... crap

[Elusivellama]

XD

4mp a tick....that's basically a slow death, right there. No thanks, guess I'll look into buying an Epee to tide me over until a Joyeuse.

[Discordian]

It drains MP which is unfortunate because it makes these weapons next to usless expect for maybe a Rune Staff. If you want a effective and cost effective weapon to tide you over untill a Joyeuse go for a RG Flueret for accuracy, parry, and decent damage output.

[Elusivellama]

Do you think the RG fleuret is better than my Gold Sword? It certainly seems nice with 215 delay, +6 acc, +5 parry and it looks very classy, but the DPS is lower. I don't melee in exp parties anymore, btw.

[Tamora]

Haha 4mp per tick, I think I will pass on trying it out. I personally use a Gold sword right now for higher damage ws. Tried out most of the swords you can get on the auction house, the gold sword seems ok for now. I'm waiting to get my Joyeuse too ; ;

[Discordian]

Originally posted by Elusivellama
Do you think the RG fleuret is better than my Gold Sword? It certainly seems nice with 215 delay, +6 acc, +5 parry and it looks very classy, but the DPS is lower. I don't melee in exp parties anymore, btw.

Gold Sword or Fluret, either is very decent. A Fluret gives higher accuracy making it easier to hit and skillup, thats my opinion on skill. Hit to gain skill.

For damage like farming the Gold Sword will perform very well.

[GASGUL]

personally, I hate the look, feel, and the sound of the rapier style weapons like the RGF,

i prefer the wwanelace,

the jouyse however, ill gladly make an exeption,

[Apple Pie]

Do you think the RG fleuret is better than my Gold Sword? It certainly seems nice with 215 delay, +6 acc, +5 parry and it looks very classy, but the DPS is lower.

First of all, R.G Fleuret is a piercing weapon and it works great (+25% damage) on some creatures. I recommend you use it when you fight with them below.

- Bee
- Fly
- Mandragora
- Bird
- Big Bird
- Bat (1)
- Bats (3)

On the other hand, it does less (-25%) on skeltons.

Second, faster weapons can make better use of En- spells. When I solo EM - T mobs with Fish Mithkabobs, average damage of my sword is usually the same or close to the base damage of my weapons. En- spells now do 18 damage maximum and 23 with Fencer Ring (not including the date and weather effect).

In this situation, I found R.G Fleuret does actually better than Gold Sword in the long run. +6 accuracy bonus from the weapon is great because only a few weapons among all offer +5 or more bonus. Weapons with higher DPS is obviously better but if it doesn't hit the target, it's just an electric fan.

However, when I farm EP or weaker mobs, I like Gold Sword much better. In this case, accuracy isn't an issue unless our sword skill is a lot behind the cap. We bring a bunch of attack+ gears and usually our attack is capped. The difference of actual damage is larger than that of the base damage of weapons.

Therefore, I think we shouldn't stick to only one weapon but should prepare the ones work better in each case.