About trident

[rocketkai]

I am recently building a toon that will use trident as a primary weapon. But I found that weapon focus: trident doesn't add any ab. I read the nwn forum a bit and it said that the weapon focus feat is not effective (does anyone know if epic weapon focus feat working or not?). I am curious if this can be fixed by the mod or is it hardcore?

[Dalan]

Did much testing ingame with Trident awhile back.

The DEVS bumped it here : Two base damage types - slash/pierce (instead of the original pierce) , and Increase of Crit range of one - 19-20 (instead of the original 20)

Everything was working perfectly last I tested them ingame, and there are some really nice Tridents to be had ingame, as well.

It seems as if you have encountered a problem with your Trident build. Please go back to your toon and double/triple check the problem and report back here , exactly whats going on.

[mining]

Did much testing ingame with Trident awhile back.

The DEVS bumped it here : Two base damage types - slash/pierce (instead of the original pierce) , and Increase of Crit range of one - 19-20 (instead of the original 20)

Everything was working perfectly last I tested them ingame, and there are some really nice Tridents to be had ingame, as well.

It seems as if you have encountered a problem with your Trident build. Please go back to your toon and double/triple check the problem and report back here , exactly whats going on.

The NWNwiki strongly implies it doesn't work - possibly an issue with the engine. I'll look at it from a couple of aspects - if it doesn't work offline, it probably doesn't work on NS4 in this case.

[Tsavong]

I just tested the trident feats offline the weapon focus feat did not seem to do anything but the epic focus feat did work.

[Shadowalker]

Did epic give it a +1 or a +2 ab, whould be nice if it triggered the primary focus feat

[Opie Crimeria]

Did much testing ingame with Trident awhile back.

The DEVS bumped it here : Two base damage types - slash/pierce (instead of the original pierce) , and Increase of Crit range of one - 19-20 (instead of the original 20) . . . .

I see in change log [March 03 2010] the trident was still pierce only. I didn't realize the tridents are now pierce/slash.

-Trident: d10 damage critical threat 19-20. (Still pierce, martial, etc...) . . . .

[Daral0085]

Yeah, this pierce/slash thing makes a big difference. If it really is dual damage types, that actually puts it towards the front of the line in terms of best weapons to use on the server. Not as strong as heavy flail perhaps, but comparable to the nerfed scythe: weaker crits, but more damage penetration and a +8 weapon.

[rocketkai]

Thanks for the replies guys. Tested it in game, but it seems only deal pierce damage, 19-20 crit range and d8 base wpn damage. Also epic wpn focus works, however only gives +2 ab and didn't trigger primary wpn focus bonus. I am kind of sad about this, since trident is already a mediocre wpn and now I am gonna loose another 1 ab due to this bug.

[Rufio]

Dalan must be getting old, It explicitly says in the change log that tridents are still piercing.

As for weapon focus not working, you almost wonder why you would want to use a trident now.

[Ajantis.]

I've been leveling a trident wielder. It may not be the best weapon, but its at least something different and its been reasonably effective. I wouldn't necessarily dismiss its use. Go for it anyway, its been fun and cheeky.

[mining]

Trident and spear attack animations are hilarious.

[Tsavong]

Hilarty is the most important thing to go for in a new build.

[MrAsimov]

Hilarty is the most important thing to go for in a new build.

Not sure about most important, but hilarity is always high on my list.

[mining]

Note: Half ogres using polearms on oxen in Angmar plains is hilarious - you can probably do similar stuff with spears on dwarfs.