On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, John Robertson wrote:

> >
> > Bah, it's about 81 pounds. You can run with it just fine.
> > With Accelerando and a drum, you'll probably still be faster
> > than SoW unencumbered (with a MM drum you definitely will be).
>
> I don't know... that gnome is one fast little dude. :)
> In full gear, an extra 81 pounds would slow me down
> considerably.

<pre>
Effect Speed Time vs Unenc Source

Unencumbered
Running 1.00 1.00 1.00 (baseline - no enhancements)
SoW 1.35 0.74 1.35 (L14 shaman)
SoW 1.40 0.71 1.40 (L26 shaman)
Selo's 1.71 0.58 1.71 (L26, with drum)
Selo's 1.83 0.55 1.83 (L26, with battle drum)

Encumbered
Running 0.48 2.10 0.48 (80 over, 157/77)
SoW 0.84 1.19 0.63 (80 over, 157/77, L14 shaman)
Selo's 1.33 0.75 0.73 (80 over, 157/77, L26 bard, battle drum)
</pre>

Being 80 pounds overweight slowed me (at level 26) to 73% my
normal Accelerando speed. Since my normal Accelerando speed
was 83% faster than normal running speed, I was still 33%
faster than normal running speed. (0.73 * 1.83 =
1.33). Given you're unlikely to kill the cyclops until you're
30+, you should be even faster than this.

> I can't imagine that a bard wants to get the boots anyway.
> The real challenge is for someone like a necro to catch
> this little guy while carrying that much. I know that my
> necro would be crawling with that much on him.

Well, they made the key component come from a random mob which
spawns in multiple zones. So getting the boots is more a
matter of luck than camping (IMHO a great change, as those of
us who don't like to camp finally have an equally or better
chance of getting a nice item). So if you happen to see tye
cyclops, and none of your friends are close enough to get
there in time to loot it, don't let the boots go to waste.

--
John H. Kim
kim@...