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<b>Message ID:</b> 10797 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Tue Nov 30 21:54:32 GMT 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Kimes, Dean W. <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Great post on item balancing (Long) <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-210630559">Yes, but staff and crys blade should be even better.  If Crys can be wielded<br/>
in off hand, not sure about that one.  assuming you can handle the greater<br/>
stamina loss.<br/>
<br/>
	Kitasi<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: Ryan Honeyman [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:honeyman@...">honeyman@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 2:51 PM<br/>
To: &#39;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:eqbards@onelist.com">eqbards@onelist.com</a>&#39;<br/>
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Great post on item balancing (Long)<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
From: Ryan Honeyman &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:honeyman@...">honeyman@...</a>&gt;<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; log file analysis shows Staff and Dirk yield more damage over all than<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Crys<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Blade and Dirk.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>  On the average yes, they probably do.  But on a good day, with<br/>
  good rolls, the crystalline blade kicks butt.  Then again on<br/>
  a bad roll streak, you could end up fleeing from a green mob.<br/>
<br/>
  I believe John addressed this in a post, about slow high dmg<br/>
  weapons versus faster lower dmg weapons.<br/>
<br/>
  Harmonic.<br/>
<br/>
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