Game Mechanics: Throwing boulder dmg compared to bow dmg

[Technique]

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

it misses at least half the time

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.]

whereas throwing needs a nerf

If throwing damage on p99 is being calculated using stock source, then line 1096 in special_attacks.cpp

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

is probably responsible. Archery damage isn't being doubled in this way.