I find that this part is almost entirely correct.

ALso there is nothing in the helpfile about what weapons work with what kind of ambushes best. I found that its impossible to determine really, without trying out 200 ambushes of each type and then crunch numbers to figure out what does what. Thanks but no thanks.



How is it incorrect? Well. Having played over 5 rangers to rank 40 since the changes to ambush, I've gone out of my way to try to figure out the weapon vs. type thing that is hinted at in the help file.

Unfortunately, even at 100%...ambush has such a wide variance of success rate...and such a wide variance of effect...that even after multiple thousands of ambushes of different types with different weapons (keeping results on a spreadsheet)...I have yet to see any appreciable differance between weapons that doesn't fall WELL within the already wide range of affects...


For example...

Ambush onslaught.

With a weapon of each type, all same ave, all same +hit +dam.

in one string...regular ambush failed 2% of the time, and varied from MUTILATE to ***DEMOLISH*** but mostly getting mangles.

For every weapon the failure rate was between 22 and 25% and the damage varied from MUTILATE to OBLITERATE....but mostly getting mangles.


I believe that is a representative example of the result of keeping track of all 100% ambushes with 5 rangers.

Quite frieckin annoying. At least give us hints....or don't even let us know. This "weapon choice MAY effect success in SOME nebulous way...but you will never be able to figure it out in a normal lifetime" is just crap, in my opinion.




"Death awaits ya all, wit nasteh big pointeh teeth!"