Arbalest - Revision history

Hordes at 06:33, 9 November 2025

2025-11-09T06:33:25Z

2025-03-23T12:09:29Z

Fixes link.

2024-02-11T00:26:38Z

bump

2023-07-11T22:23:46Z

‎Strategy

2023-07-11T22:23:12Z

‎Strategy

2023-07-11T22:22:16Z

strategy

2023-06-09T17:30:42Z

2023-06-08T12:24:58Z

0.30 - dmg nerf

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2022-08-23T21:49:49Z

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	Arbalests are a mid-game ranged weapon. They are occasionally found on [[list of orcs\|orcs]] and [[naga sharpshooter]]s, and often found on [[yaktaur]]s inside [[the Vaults]].		Arbalests are a mid-game ranged weapon. They are occasionally found on [[list of orcs\|orcs]] and [[naga sharpshooter]]s, and often found on [[yaktaur]]s inside [[the Vaults]].

−	[[Longbow]]s, ~~due~~ to ~~their faster fire rate~~, ~~will generally beat arbalests for damage per turn~~. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want more defenses, [[hand cannon]]s are just as strong, but allow the use of a [[shield]].	+	[[Longbow]]s fire faster, making them safer to use (it's easier to react to enemies, less likely to be double-turned). However, arbelests outdamage longbows until moderate levels of skill,and can continue to outdamage against high AC foes or if the body armour penalty is high. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want more defenses, [[hand cannon]]s are just as strong, but allow the use of a [[shield]].

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   |name      = Arbalest
   |weight    = 15.0
-  |skill     = Crossbows
+  |skill     = Ranged Weapons
   |damage    = 16
   |accuracy  = -2

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 Arbalests are a mid-game ranged weapon. They are occasionally found on [[list of orcs|orcs]] and [[naga sharpshooter]]s, and often found on [[yaktaur]]s inside [[the Vaults]].
-[[Longbow]]s, due to their faster fire rate, will generally beat arbalests for damage per turn. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want to go lighter, [[hand crossbow]]s are weaker, but allow use of a [[shield]].
+[[Longbow]]s, due to their faster fire rate, will generally beat arbalests for damage per turn. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want more defenses, [[hand cannon]]s are just as strong, but allow the use of a [[shield]].

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:23, 11 July 2023
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	Arbalests are a mid-game ranged weapon. They are occasionally found on [[list of orcs\|orcs]] and [[naga sharpshooter]]s, and often found on [[yaktaur]]s inside [[the Vaults]].		Arbalests are a mid-game ranged weapon. They are occasionally found on [[list of orcs\|orcs]] and [[naga sharpshooter]]s, and often found on [[yaktaur]]s inside [[the Vaults]].

−	[[Longbow]]s, due to their faster fire rate, will beat arbalests for damage / turn. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want to go lighter, [[hand crossbow]]s are weaker, but allow use of a [[shield]].	+	[[Longbow]]s, due to their faster fire rate, will generally beat arbalests for damage per turn. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want to go lighter, [[hand crossbow]]s are weaker, but allow use of a [[shield]].

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 ==Strategy==
-Arbalests are a mid-game ranged weapon. They are often found on [[yakataur]]s inside [[the Vaults]], and occasionally found on [[list of orcs|orcs]] and [[naga sharpshooter]]s.
+Arbalests are a mid-game ranged weapon. They are occasionally found on [[list of orcs|orcs]] and [[naga sharpshooter]]s, and often found on [[yaktaur]]s inside [[the Vaults]].
-[[Longbow]]s, due to their faster fire rate, will beat arbalests for damage / turn. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want to go lighter, [[hand crossbow]]s are weaker, but allow use of [[shield]].
+[[Longbow]]s, due to their faster fire rate, will beat arbalests for damage / turn. If you want to go heavier, [[triple crossbow]]s are your end goal. If you want to go lighter, [[hand crossbow]]s are weaker, but allow use of a [[shield]].

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 {{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the '[[Ranged Weapons]]' category. It is a two-handed weapon.}}
-'''Arbalests''' are powerful [[ranged weapon]]s, though the complexity of their design gives them a significantly lower rate of fire than [[bow]]s: it takes nearly two normal-speed turns to fire them without training, and even with sufficient skill, they'll never achieve a mindelay better than 1.0. They are commonly found on [[yaktaur]]s around the [[Vaults]], and occassionally by [[list of orcs|orcs]] or [[naga sharpshooter]]s.
+'''Arbalests''' are moderately powerful [[ranged weapon]]s. They have a high damage per hit, but fire slowly, with a [[mindelay]] of 1.0 turn (rather than 0.7 turn of most weapons).
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 '''Arbalests''' are powerful [[ranged weapon]]s, though the complexity of their design gives them a significantly lower rate of fire than [[bow]]s: it takes nearly two normal-speed turns to fire them without training, and even with sufficient skill, they'll never achieve a mindelay better than 1.0. They are commonly found on [[yaktaur]]s around the [[Vaults]], and occassionally by [[list of orcs|orcs]] or [[naga sharpshooter]]s.
-[[Hand crossbow]]s are a flat upgrade, while requiring only one hand to wield. If you want to go heavier, a [[triple crossbow]] fires even slower but deals more damage. [[Longbow]]s fire faster, so typically deal more damage at minimum delay.
+If you want to go heavier, a [[triple crossbow]] fires even slower but deals more damage. [[Longbow]]s fire faster; against a 0 AC opponent, a longbow will deal more damage at mindelay.
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   |skill     = Crossbows
   |damage    = 17
-  |accuracy  = +2
+  |accuracy  = -2
   |basedelay = 19 (190%)
   |mindelay  = 10 at 18 skill