Game Mechanics: Archery LoS Issues

[Technique]

Originally Posted by Technique [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The following rule on line 327 in ruletypes.h may be defined on p99 as it is in the stock emu source:

RULE_REAL ( Combat, ArcheryHitPenalty, 0.25) //Archery has a hit  penalty to try to help balance it with the plethora of long term +hit  modifiers for it

Mods affecting chance-to-hit didn't exist in classic, so that one's a no-brainer.

Originally Posted by Colgate [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this would explain why archery is so awful here while throwing is absurdly good, assuming p99 devs never fixed it

Alecta also confirmed that archery damage is currently only 80% in PvP.

Originally Posted by Alecta [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

IIRC (dev box isnt unpacked yet, cant verify), archery is doing 80% of it's damage in PvP.

Originally Posted by Technique [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It seems archery damage was initially reduced to 66% dmg in PvP during the LoY expansion, then increased to 80% during GoD. At any rate, it should be full dmg during p99's era.

Another reason throwing is doing more damage than archery is probably due to:

uint16 MaxDmg = (((2 * wDmg) * GetDamageTable(SkillThrowing)) / 100)

whereas archery max damage is calculated as:

(WDmg+ADmg)*GetDamageTable(SkillArchery) / 100

(ADmg being the dmg value of the ammo used)