So I just came back after being gone since 2004ish and I am completely floored that AC still exists and is thriving. But what confused me are all the changes to combat. It seems I have no idea what is going on anymore.


My main question is how does 2h combat compare with the rest of the melee skills? It seems with the 2h weapons double-hitting as well as cleaving, there is no way a normal sword could keep up. Is there any use for a melee to still train any original melee skills?

If I am restarting, what is the normal startup sequence for an archer? I remember having to have a mule fletch a ton of arrows back in the day.

Void magic is something I thought I'd never see. How does it compare with War? More group oriented or does it hold its own solo? Is it more focused on killing multiple mobs at the same time?

I can be a shadow! (squee!) How do people like playing an umbra in later levels? Does it become annoying not having legs and seeing leg armor? I think it looks awesome but am worried it will bother me later on.

I have been goofing around with a Sword/2H spec (which I love) and a Bow/2H spec, but it is pretty much unfeasible. As far as I understand, 2H is for Melees to have a chance vs. bows and spellcasters, and 1H is only still necessary for the shield. Beyond that, void magic or whatever it is called is supposed to be OP, but I only relatively recently came back myself.

 

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Oh, and I found a corpse of a player on DT who was a shadow wearing a hooded cloak, looked pretty sweet without legs.

 

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