The Mysterious 10 - 40 damage scythe .. fact or fiction?

Living Stone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Missoula, Montana

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Mo/W

04 Jul 2007 at 23:11 - 1
My question is simple. Does the 10 - 40 base damage scythe actually drop? According to http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Scythe it does, however I want to see if anyone can confirm this for me in game.

Incandecree

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Join Date: Oct 2006

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04 Jul 2007 at 23:41 - 2
I don't see anywhere on this page that states 10-40 damage. I see two references to 10-10 damage.

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

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04 Jul 2007 at 23:50 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Incandecree
I don't see anywhere on this page that states 10-40 damage. I see two references to 10-10 damage.
Quote:

Scythes, like Axes, can also have a higher minimum damage of 10 as long as the maximum damage is lower than 41.
Yes, they can have 10-40. I don't have one, but I've seen several.

Mournblade

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04 Jul 2007 at 23:51 - 4
It occurs for other weapons, so why not the scythe?
(if an item is not max damage, it is possible for the low-end number to be +1 higher than normal, like a 7-25 axe for example)

Coridan

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05 Jul 2007 at 01:38 - 5
so do you think it might be better to have the 10-27 axe or the 9-28 axe? or scythe or whatever.....do you think the damage might be more consitent witht the higher lower end but lower higher end?

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

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05 Jul 2007 at 01:56 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Coridan
so do you think it might be better to have the 10-27 axe or the 9-28 axe? or scythe or whatever.....do you think the damage might be more consitent witht the higher lower end but lower higher end?
Well one thing's for sure. If he wants to use a scythe on a non-dervish character, and is not expecting to have max damage because he can only put 'x' amount of points into it, then having a higher minimum damage would be superior to having the full maximum damage.

Yanman.be

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05 Jul 2007 at 06:01 - 7
Seraphic, what you say makes no sense.


What DOES make senese is that less weapon mastery = less critical hits = less of the 41 number used, and more of the 9 number, thus it would be better to have a higher base damage.

Turaan Tolgerias

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Join Date: Jun 2006

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W/Mo

05 Jul 2007 at 14:30 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yanman.be
Seraphic, what you say makes no sense.


What DOES make senese is that less weapon mastery = less critical hits = less of the 41 number used, and more of the 9 number, thus it would be better to have a higher base damage.
not true, when you have a critical hit the damage is max damage multiplied by around 1.4. Critical hits have nothing to do with gaining max damage which in the case of a scythe is 41. So for someone using a req 9 9-41 damage scythe with 8 scythe mastery their normal hits vs a AR60 target will do 8 -40 and when they critical do 40*1.4 damage.

Living Stone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Missoula, Montana

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05 Jul 2007 at 16:16 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphic Divinity
Yes, they can have 10-40. I don't have one, but I've seen several.
Good to hear, can you tell me approximately where these were found?

HawkofStorms

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05 Jul 2007 at 18:17 - 10
All over, as a random drop. They are usually blues (since they are "non-max")

martialis

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RA, reporting you

05 Jul 2007 at 22:08 - 11
Just to mention it, this mysterious scythe always does less damage than a regular scythe, assuming you meet the requirement and all that, so it's probably not worth farming. (or using)