hehe I personally prefer the Staff of Writhing :) It's a ton of fun and it
interrupts casters. Pluss mine seems to proc VERY reliably (132 dex without
buffs) I'd say 2-3 times a fight. Sometimes more, rarely.... VERY rarely...
less. And with a 9dmg 33dly it does more dmg over time than the claws do =)
It *is* heavy though. In my offhand I use an Obsidian Shard. What can I
say, I like the pretty sparkles :)
I also have a pair of Obsidian Scimitars that I use for 1hs practice. And a
Gnoll Hide Lariet that I equip in my offhand for fighting casters. With the
staff and the whip and volley-firing pixie strike I can completely shut off
most casters (except skeletons... those darn things cast in milliseconds
( )
But, in answer to your question, the Claw is FAR superior to the whip...
19 dly 5 dmg is far superior to 28 dly 7 dmg in any fight. Your maxdmg/hit
goes down a little, your avgdmg/hit goes down even less and your dmg over
time goes up dramatically.
Easiest way to calculate it is just take a number, say... 500 (average
duration of a fight) and divide it by each weapon's delay to get the number
of times each weapon will swing during a fight. Then multiply the weapons
delay by it's number of possible hits. (around 6 for the claw, around 8 for
the whip). This will tell you which has a higher damage potential. The
claw will win hands down.
Generally:
For every 3 delay (reduction) a weapon of 1 less dmg will be the equal of
the higher dmg weapon, thus:
28dly/7dmg is equal to 25dly/6 dmg is equal to 22dly/5 dmg is equal to
19dly/4dmg. But at a *4* curve the numbers look like this:
28dly/7dmg is inferior to 24dly/6dmg is inferior to 20dly/5dmg is inferior
to 16dly/4dmg.
Thus we see that the claw is significantly better (as it's in the middle of
the next to lowest range for delay, meaning it's more superior than a 20dly
weapon, which is ALREADY superior ;)
Hope this gobbledie goop helps. I'm not the best at explaining average dmg
over time
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reeves, Patrick W" <pwr3@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] thulian claw hype?
> The Claw is faster then the Whip. Also when it comes time to duel wield
you
> will appreciate the light weight of the claw. The claw have a nice look,
> IMO, but the whip sounds cooler in combat *CRACK* :) Both are good
weapons,
> use em both!
>
> Rokenn
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Costlow [mailto:atlatyl@...]
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 3:58 AM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: [eqbards] thulian claw hype?
> >
> >
> > The head of my guild just sold me a claw. (Actually,
> > I will pay later since I don't have that much...)
> >
> > Problem is, I see damage of 8-12 using the claw and
> > 14-16 using my barbed leather whip. The Whip cost me
> > 50 pp, the claws will cost me 200. I don't see the
> > point.
> >
> > Can somebody clear this up for me?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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