Posted by Bookrat on July 20, 1999 at 15:17:52:
In Reply to: A minor correction.... posted by Falstaff on July 09, 1999 at 16:00:00:
I doubt anyone will look/respond way down here, but... I know this statement to be a false one, because I tried it out. Took my thief into Camelot, wore a couple of maces (which I had not practiced one iota) and started wailing on some elves in an attempt to practice dodge and parry. Well, those two skills *did* go up, but so did my mace; I waslked out with dodge and parry having improved about 5 times, and mace at 29% -- *much* more than 5 times. I'm guessing that the improvement code is based on your failure rate or something... Still, it's a good idea because I was able to avoid killing things for much longer with maces than I would have been able to with anything else.
: You don't get better at your weapons if fighting with one
: you have not practiced.....but your defensive abilities still rise.