On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, J.R. Hyde wrote:

> But thats not what i wanted to post, i wanted to post that this test,
> while i had fun reading about it, doesnt really mean anything. You would
> have to repeat this test at least 3 times for each equipment set to even
> start to see meaningful results.

Well, the point to repeating the tests is to reduce the chance
of a fluke timing (lag delayed your computer from displaying
the final attack message for 2 seconds).

> And the biggest flaw is the fact that the
> sand beetle he tested it on varies in level, which would have another
> impact on the numbers. Need to find an npc that spawns at the same lvl
> everytime to perform a test like this.

Why? He was timing the time it took him to swing. The target
shouldn't matter.

Or were you posting tongue in cheek?

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John H. Kim
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