NB dmg based of Ranged or Melee?

[Sieren]

Kinda of a newb question, but i've been wondering if nightblade damage is based off of your melee weapons or your ranged weapon, or does it change depending on if you're in melee or at range? Trying to decide on a spec to use for raid fights that Blinkblade (which i love) isn't very suited for. And I'm avoiding MM, cause... its MM... and boring. Been thinking of going 49nb, 17 assassin and hoping it draws from melee weapon damge because i have the relic dagger from GSB. Thanks for any input!

[RezaKhan]

I believe if you have RNG or MM in your spec range attacks will be based off your ranged weapon if you are at range.

[420MySTiC]

no, the only soul that works like that is sabo, if you have ranger or mm with a sabo spec it will use your ranged weapon. nb is off your melee main hand weapon, offhand is essentially a stat stick for every spec but bladedancer where alot of the skillls are off hand based. which is also why the weeping edge from ros is still bis off hander for st dps if you are going nb or sin, you would want a 44dps off hander in any bd spec tho

[aileen]

no, the only soul that works like that is sabo, if you have ranger or mm with a sabo spec it will use your ranged weapon. nb is off your melee main hand weapon, offhand is essentially a stat stick for every spec but bladedancer where alot of the skillls are off hand based. which is also why the weeping edge from ros is still bis off hander for st dps if you are going nb or sin, you would want a 44dps off hander in any bd spec tho

Or you can make macro with loadequip before use of the skill and swap on normal attacks with vice versa.

[Mayi]

Or you can make macro with loadequip before use of the skill and swap on normal attacks with vice versa.

Does that actually work? No macro lag?

[Pink Freud]

Nightblade damage is all based off your MH weapon (even AOE I believe.)

[Gyle]

Does that actually work? No macro lag?

pretty sure most of the warriors in my guild have weapon swaps macro'd in. Seems to work well for them.

[Willovain]

pretty sure most of the warriors in my guild have weapon swaps macro'd in. Seems to work well for them.

That only works on Estrode, when you are mind controlled. Ordinary fights do not allow you to swap gear in combat.

[Kurieg]

That only works on Estrode, when you are mind controlled. Ordinary fights do not allow you to swap gear in combat.

No, weapon swaps can be done in combat. Warriors do it when forced to go ranged so they can use dual-wield ranged attacks from the Paragon soul.

[Willovain]

No, weapon swaps can be done in combat. Warriors do it when forced to go ranged so they can use dual-wield ranged attacks from the Paragon soul.

So you can use a weapon swap macro, but cannot equip gear in combat? That makes no sense. I know for a fact that you cannot equip gear in combat though, unless weapons are different from other equipment? You are making me almost want to go test that, but that would require me to log on, and I cba.

[princehal]

So you can use a weapon swap macro, but cannot equip gear in combat? That makes no sense. I know for a fact that you cannot equip gear in combat though, unless weapons are different from other equipment? You are making me almost want to go test that, but that would require me to log on, and I cba.

You can equip weapons in combat. It's like that in every fantasy MMO I've played.

[Willovain]

Well, I honestly didn't know that. I could have sworn that was not the case, but I'll definitely have to look and see next time I am in. I guess I'd never tried, always assumed weapons and armor all counted as "equipment" when you try to change gear in combat.