So *that's* where that message went. I *thought* I didn't see
it after I first sent it. :-)
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 kim@... wrote:
> 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@...
>
> > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to toren@... with the subject lol.
>
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