DeadlyPencil wrote:i think your looking at him wrong bitza. he most likely was very close to your combat level.
lets say you had 550 melee, and the other guy was 550 melee.
you have 550 offence, he has 550 * 2 (def = 2x melee) * 1.25 (shield stance) defence
so if he had even stats with you, you would take off the following %
550 offence/ 1375 defence = 40%
so if you really only took off 33% exactly, i would say his melee is 666 modified. which isn't that much higher.
what total armour absorbton/deflection do you think you had btw? iam kinda courious as to their ranger bow quality if they killed you in 2 hits. and what was your total hp.
If your melees are even you always take off 40% with sting, 70% with valorous. You can use that as a nice gauge.
rye130 wrote:Dusk wrote:From my limited experience in this world the goons were the economic super power for a couple months, that was quite an accomplishment. In my humble opinion it's more impressive than grinding up to 500 in any skill. To all of you goons that are quitting or have quit. I hope to see you come back even stronger in world 4.
I think a large reason they became the economic super power is because they were the first to sell what no other major faction would. Thanes and Forge rings.
I'm pretty sure lots of people bought jewelery from the goons and then just became accustomed to trading with them. After other factions started selling jewelry too, a lot of the reason people went to Goons is because of there jeweler who's stats were rather impressive.
Their great prices and customer service helped too I think

They made a smart decision in selling Thanes and Forge rings and suffered seemingly no repercussion because of it.
Good Work Goons.
Thanks for all the fish.
Seeya next world.
Selling thanes/forges was and still is a bad idea. Forges not as much as thanes, but it's a terrible idea. Did selling them anyways let them go economically where no other faction would? Yeah, it did. Not only that but they bought things no one else cares about like stinging nettle, this is what makes a big difference. I'm not willing to buy said things, although I did decide after that I'd at least buy 'anything' that I could find useful in my own right, it's why if you compare the thread to stickman's despite his superior prices, he only buys a few things. Options are very important, goons capitalized on this and are very good at it, whoever was in charge of trading was great at it, I'm sure if they started again they'd be right back on top, jeweler or not.
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