Katana D:3-12, Sword D:1-8. WHY IS SWORD BETTER???

I'm comparing a Katana and a Sword of the Derian Ka. Both non-magikal, same speed (15), fatigue is 1-3 for Sword and 1-4 for Katana.

So WHY is it that when equiped, the Sword of the Derian Ka does more damage? (according to character screen stats) BTW, 3 in meele.

On another character, unnarmed he does 1-3 damage. With a dagger of D:1-4 damage, he does 1-3 damage. He has 2 in meele.


Btw, I'm playing Arcanum Patch v08083

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You haven't installed the latest patch, meaning that the sword of the Derian-Ka very well could have the stats of a Magic sword or somesuch, no matter the displayed statistics.

In the case of the dagger, my guess it that you have strength 8-9. Is that correct?

 

Thanks for the short reply. Yes, I have 9 Str

Sorry, my I copy/pasted the version and somewhat it lost the "2"
Unofficial Arcanum Patch v080823. It is the latest.

But what I mentioned isn't all that is weird. Soug is doing 8-14 unnarmed (17 Str, 3 Meele) and 8-15 with a Sword (D:1-8)

 

Sorry, the dagger example is 1-3 unnarmed, Str 6, -1 Meele
With Dagger (D:1-4), I get D: 1-2, so it makes a little sense because Str 6 = -2 dmg. Still, better to fight unnamerd?

 

Right, completly forgot about the gauntlets. Unlike other RPGs, they really make a difference in the damage!

But if I hit with gauntlets, I take damage right? That's also very different from other RPGs. ALso, fighting unnarmed my speed is my fist speed right?

Still no explanation for the katana thing. Might just be a bug.

 

Maybe it's an overlooked issue? Take it up with Drog.

 

Will do, thanks for the suggestion. Is there a place to do report this at terra-arcanum forums or should I go to The Codex? I didn't find any official means to report issues.

I'll send a private message to Drog to look at this post I think

 

There was a thread, but I can't seem to find it and I can't be bothered with looking harder. Go ahead and PM him instead, just like you planned to.

 

Anyway, I don't see a problem. The damage is calculated by adding your character's Damage Bonus to the actual weapon's damage and it caps at the weapon's upper damage x3, e.g. a dagger with 3-6 damage will have 18-18 of max physical damage. That's it.