On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Ilkka Salmenkaita wrote:

> > > >From: John Kim <kim@...>
> > > >Ever since I moved to bronze plate (slowly switching it with
> > > >steel plate), I get the impression that mobs get an attack
> > > >bonus if you are close to encumbered but not there yet. I am
>
> Could this be the working of the anti-twink code? Maybe it truly
> takes levels (and thus more defense skill) to use heavier armors
> properly. I also had the impression that when I switched to banded
> now, at lvl10, I got hit harder a bit. Of course, people get heavier
> armor for themselves without any aid from others too, but maybe
> it does not pay to be fit in the best you can afford, but in the best
> you can use =)

I didn't start getting banded until L16, and didn't start
getting bronze until L21. Didn't finish out my bronze until
L26. I would assume that is around the level Verant intended
us to get bronze since the mobs that carry them in Unrest are
now all blue to me. Despite all the testing I like to do to
figure out the the programming behind the game, I am not a
consummate powergamer.

--
John H. Kim
kim@...