Weapon proficiency / attacks per round

Arianwen · Post by **Arianwen** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:23 pm

Hi all - confused lass here!
When putting points on weapon proficiencies, it says you gain an extra half attack per round each time you add a point (apart from the first point). Is this cumulative ie a grandmaster will have 2 extra attacks per round? Or does it mean you simply gain an extra half attack and that this is the total: on extra half attack, alongside the extra damage and speed factor bonuses? (Hope this makes sense - I have 'prepared' for a three day BG sesh!
Arianwen

Thrifalas · Post by **Thrifalas** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:46 pm

Unless you get the grandmaster patch fix, I'm pretty sure you just gain 1/2 attack total.

masteralef · Post by **masteralef** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:31 pm

I think Thrifalas has it right. Bioware nerfed proficiency in BG2.

Grandpa · Post by **Grandpa** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:36 pm

1/2 extra attack max gain (your second guess). There is no point in more than 2 asterisks in any proficiency.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:03 am

Why, Grandpa?

Thrifalas · Post by **Thrifalas** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:29 am

Cause just the step from nothing to * and from * to ** both are greater (by themselves) then from ** to *****. You gain +2 to hit and +2 to damage from nothing to *, you gain +1 to hit, +2 to damage and an extra attack per round when going from * to **, but you just gain like 1 speed factor, one damage and one to hit when going all the way from ** to *****. (not precisely, but something like this)

So, in case you're not 100% sure what weapon you're gonna use, don't gain grandmaster since all stars above two is pretty useless. Still, a Paladin will want ***** in 2h sword. Just depends on how sure you are of your weapon choice.

SP101 · Post by **SP101** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:19 am

Paladins are restricted weapon specialisation (**)..

masteralef · Post by **masteralef** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:10 pm

As SP101 said, Paladins are restricted to 2 stars (except the Lord kit from TDD).

No real point in going beyond 2, unless you have the Grand Mastery patch installed.

Draith · Post by **Draith** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:55 pm

Plus I believe Swashbucklers don't get the extra 1/2 attack from weapon specialization.

Thrifalas · Post by **Thrifalas** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:54 am

D'oh! I was thinking Sare with 5 profs, then I was thinking Carso, then I was thinking Pala... though I just said they'd WANT 5 stars. Which they want, but cannot have.

Well, my bad. ^^;