A little more advice, Banders..

[Deadguy]

So Peppers VI, mighty but dumb HT Warrior, is cruising dl32 at cl26..got lucky with a couple !strengths and finally found a =FA..couple of questions..

My one and only ego weapon is a Beaked Axe of Slay Evil...since my current melee weap. is a lowly magic rapier, do I switch to the axe altho Id only get 2 blows/per? Gettin 4 with the dumb rapier at present..

Have yet to see a single resist armor, shield or artifact...so basically have a =rfire and a "rlightning..my other ring is the aforementioned rfire..and ive a helm of infra but no see invis has appeared yet, using a staff for that for now..is this foolish in the 30s dl-wise?

Im playing no-sell which is awesome..so ive got a bit of cash..should I maybe storescum till something useful shows up on the BM?

Thanks in advance.

[dstyle]

You can use the "I" command to inspect weapons and get a comparison of average damage per round...without seeing a character dump I can't be sure but I'm guessing the rapier would have a better damage output. Try it out and see for yourself.

You can try store-scumming if you want but I wouldn't waste time doing that, if you keep on the grind in the dungeon better things will probably show up sooner there than the black market

[Derakon]

On weapons, pluses tend to be worth more than slays, especially when you lose blows/round. But you can 'I'nspect the weapons to see what your average damage/round is and make an informed decision.

Lacking SI/resists is not a huge problem for you, since you're playing the most durable race/class combination in the game. You can afford to soak up more unresisted attacks, and you don't really care all that much if ghosts drain your INT/WIS. So you aren't playing foolishly, in my opinion. Still, those are your top priorities right now (after getting more damage/round of course).

[Deadguy]

Update on the weapon situation, it just became moot, found the long sword 'Elvagil' on dl33. Seems like a pretty fair artifact (playing standard artifacts btw).

[Philip]

Elvagil is about as useless as artifacts get, actually.

[Deadguy]

Well its giving me SI and its more damage than anyrhing else ive found, so for now Elvagil it must be.

EDIT: playing verson 3.4 btw

[fizzix]

Elvagil is about as useless as artifacts get, actually.

Elvagil got a boost not too long ago, specifically, it does more damage now. It's actually not a bad weapon, although it still loses out to good egos.