None of that means anything, since the current cap is 40 damage.... and the amount of damage you do is going to be based on your ([Offense Skill] + [STR]) / 100
.... so... if you have 155 strength vs 255 strength... that's an entire additional 1 modifier on the weapon.
At 40 damage cap, I expect to hit maximum of 144ish with max strength. But in classic EQ, it would have been SUPER SUPER SUPER rare to find any caster that went that high with STR....and SUPER SUPER SUPER rare for them to even have a weapon over 40 damage to test it with.
Essentially.... there is absolutely NO evidence that damage for casters was capped at 40 in classic / kunark / luclin. There are 4 high end weapons for casters with a higher damage cap than that (which means it will be rare, veryyy rare....and even then you aren't going to have level 60's really meleeing much anyhow).
This "40 damage cap" is based ENTIRELY on modern day live servers, where casters have a LOT more weapons that go over 40 damage (making it much more of a twink issue and something they would eventually tweak). But , again, nothing exists in classic to make anyone think that this was the real damage cap.
And even in the implementation here on p99... they just kind of guess threw it in and said "hope it doesn't nerf anything? -shrug-".... it's bananas. It completely nerfs the very high end of a specialized build.... brawl sticks and shovel of the harvest?? These things are all/all for a reason!!
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