Am I the only one to see this?

[Raybur Ravenloc]

Theres a good chance this is just old news and unfixable.. but is it just me or does the speed bonus seem totally whacked out?

One time I'll be charging away from an enemy foot man, and he'll get 150% bonus.
Then I'll pin a guy in a corner where he cant move and attack for a -5% bonus.
Then I charge a guy from horseback and get 5%.
Then I charge a guy at the same speed and get 80%

Play with it a little, it just seems very buggy.

 

[Archonsod]

I've noticed some strange things with the speed bonus too.

I'm not sure if its totally dependent on speed though. It seems to me that hit location and weapon swing plays a part too.

 

[Crazy Eyes]

Yeah, but it's speed bonus, not headslash bonus. I went at a horseback head-on charge at full gallop at a lone loser in the arena, and when I swing, it said -7% speed bonus(?). That's just odd.

 

[Ingolifs]

It depends not only on the speed of the player, but also the speed of the weapon. It's likely one time that you hit an enemy when you were in the middle of your swing and thus your sword was moving the fastest relative to your body. Another time you could have hit the enemy at the beginning or the end of the swing, when the weapon wasn't moving fast compared to your body.

 

[leo]

Yep, and the direction of the swing is also very important. Depending on how you slash at a running horse, you can either cut right into it (big bonus) or weakly scrape along it in the direction it's running (big penalty). In general, you want your swing to meet your foe head on. Otherwise you'll just end up poking people in the back.

 

[thorins]

hi all,

yesterday i had a neg 126 i was on a spirited charger at full speed but did 3 points of damage and i had 156 onhanded skill and a 3 in weapon mastery

 

[GhostThaxian]

Yes i've noticed it too. Though the computer tends to be able to get nice couched lance damage when I seem to get none.

Alot of *I'm moving fast then they are then they poke me in the back and do 90 couched lance damage*

Then I try it.
Charger + anyfreakingtypeofspearItriedthemall + moving full speed + hitting a footman with a leather jerkin with that spear t = 20 damage.

>.>
Erm..
*Glares at spear*
*thinking "Only this could happen to me"*
*Throws spear away*
*Spear bounces off rock and impales a friendly troop*
"Oh Sh"
*Random sea raider axe hits me in the face*
*Knocked out*

 

[rrraven]

Hmmm... There's definitely something wrong with speed bonus calculations

 

[Scorch!]

It is pretty buggy, i've had HUGE speed bonuses when it made no sense at all (slash at a guy on foot whilst moving backwards and i get a 600% bonus  )

And i've had negatives when it's made no sense as well (charging at a guy who is moving towards me, and i get a -47% speed bonus)

seriously... wtf is wrong with the speed bonuses?

 

[Khadmus]

1) I got a speed bonus over +1000%, and I dealt less damage than when...
2) I got a speed bonus of less than -300%.

I conclude that the speed bonuses have no influence whatsoever and are just babble.

 

[Kissaki]

I got a speed bonus of -6463, and dealt 232 damage. I got the fellow at the end (weakest) of the swing, and by all rights I should not have dealt any damage at all.

 

[CrazyEyes]

Well, as for the "normal" speed bugs that you're getting (-5 at a full gallop etc) I can, with confidence, say that you're probably "hitting him" when your fellow has already made the swing, and is now retracting his arm - while retracting his arm, the blade happened to swipe the victim, thus the terrible bonus. As for the numbers in the hundreds and thousands, I have no idea.

 

[Kissaki]

What do you mean? When the blade is retracted, the game no longer counts it as an attack. Unless I am very much mistaken. Any visual effect of swiping after an attack is just that -- visual.