Diamond and Electrum, what's the big diff? Really.

[peacemaster]

no1 is saying they know more about smithing than you do >.> How about enlightening us tho

[Logwad]

This is why I love my Soko SoE so much. While it is not the strongest sword (even with the +5, but whether enchanting works is another discussion entirely), it can damage pretty much anything, and I never have to worry about it breaking.

Which is nice as I have to worry about my arrows breaking.

I don't even know why the repair spell exists, it is simply a bad spell, like destroy armor.

[Warcow]

SoE is indestructible? wow...I really know nothing.

[Ploog]

no, binsenkind is right, they do not lose elec damage with repairing, but with a slight bug that that can be used...i suppose it is a bug i mean, though it could just work out that way...i only assume it a bug because of the method to do it in x.x...which is more random chance then anything else...so...final thoughts: it isnt a bug, but can be done and it involves nothing more then an axe and the quit key at a certain time x.x

[Xae]

Elec is good for training and PK. Plus alot of people dont really have shock resist so that works out nicely..good ing..Massive diamond swords are just OK in training, and pretty decent in PK. There isnt a huge difference between a hofud and a massive diamond in PK. In training on the other hand, many people dont know- hofud is probably my favorite arti to RD with. I used to kill that god(omg i forgot his name..wyvern come back!) for hofud every single day and RDed with it. Only thing its 100 LBs ><

[WyvernXa]

That's probably Heimdal who has the Hofud.

[Lanterra]

Originally Posted by Namseer

Ahh, elecs are teh sweetness for RDssss cuz of Reapers really low resists to them...kill Reaps and Xipes uber quick which makes for good xpsss

can you use blade spells on elec? If not I think I'll stick with diamond for xipes and reapers.... the life blade spell does WONDERS on them.

[crinox]

at risk of restarting an argument ... it seems to me that neither life blade or vampire blade works ...

[Ploog]

hehe, they work, but definitely not effective at all lool. vampire blade and life blade add some magic damage to your weapon. Vampire blade is pure magic damage with hp drain added, and life blade is magic/holy type damage because it works on undead, but highly ineffective to anything else, and anything with magic resist, and you are SoL lol.


And yes, certain blade spells can be cast on elec weapons.

[Lanterra]

Originally Posted by Ploog

hehe, they work, but definitely not effective at all lool. vampire blade and life blade add some magic damage to your weapon. Vampire blade is pure magic damage with hp drain added, and life blade is magic/holy type damage because it works on undead, but highly ineffective to anything else, and anything with magic resist, and you are SoL lol.


And yes, certain blade spells can be cast on elec weapons.

Lol, life blade was my only hope against xipes, reapers, and ADs. I had 15 life magic. I couldn't even tickle xipes without it.

[Raze]

Life blade does not work on reapers, reapers are demons, not undead.
Xipes are both demon and undead.

[crinox]

meh just saying i didnt notice anything with life blade ... was bttr off flaming with - weapons .....

*SoL?

[Ploog]

Raze is right :P And SoL is sure outta luck.

[Machuno Besar]

Elec or diamond? I'd go for diamond with fire and air enchantements on them, works on anything.

[Warcow]

Forgiveness please, for resurrecting an old thread, but I just been able to see for myself some of these claims. Recently, my friend has been experimenting with electrinum smithing, and I've been tasked with testing the swords.

Originally Posted by binsenkind

elecs do not lose their physical damage after repairing ^^
i wonder all the time how much disinformation is around in case of forging, especially electrinum :-)
and all i know know is from the experience of all the elec weapons i made and i doubt anybody has made more than me )

A number of the swords made did heavy cut and shock damage, and they were my favorite swords for a time, until I discovered that they do less shock damage than the ones that did little physical damage.

And I can confirm that ALL weapons lose damage after a number of repairs,most of my 'favorite' swords lost their physical damage after 3 or 4 repairs, some lasting longer..