>From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
>
>Hm, I'm around the same level as you, and do -not- have the problem.
>Personally, I ditched the Mino Axe I wielded around level 7 or so. I
>realized that my chief strength should be speed, take most advantage of my
>buffing songs that way.
>
>Consider this: Recently a troll and I were good naturedly beating on the
>same monster... he with some gigantic sword that seemed to be doing a
>massive amount of damage, and me with a fine steel spear. He bashed, I
>bellowed. And when all was said and done I got the loot. The troll was
>quite upset, stared down at the little man with the toothpick, couldn't
>understand how I had bested him--especially when I conned "blue" to him.
Do
>not underestimate a fast weapon.
>
>There's formulas about this people have posted here, I honestly think your
>problem is that damn axe.
>
>I know I should upgrade to a combine weapon, haven't gotten around to it
>yet. And you know, almost tempted to grab a rapier... can't decide if I
>should. Have a feeling the rapier might not be such a great "main" weapon,
>yet I'm certain I'll use a rapier when I dual wield. (Part of my
attraction
>is that they look so damn cool, and I never see anyone using them.) For
now
>I use my spear, which has a fine damage/speed advantage. I may simply buy
a
>combine sword now (to keep my other skill up), and the rapier later.
>
>Roop
Regular rapiers have the same Damage/delay as a
regular scimitar, which is what I use. I've done rough
tests comparing damage over time with the scimitar
vs. the Mino axe. With our generally lower str (mine's
85) lighter faster weapons *SEEM* to do better
damage over time.
I personally see my bard with a combine rapier and
some sort of dagger at 17 (Maybe a chrysKnife).
But I have to "recover" my piercing skill. I'm building
up skill points to jump start it.
Tindayen, who was amazed to see a fellow bard
say "but rogues do more damage ...." on the a.g.eq
newsgroup. Some people are only happy if they're
whining.