Quick question on combat

[MagicManICT]

You can valor strike with stone axes and B12s.

Maybe I read it wrong.

[Stinkfoot]

I don't think it's been stated definitively yet, so here goes: The damage you do is your base damage (which depends on strength, weapon type and weapon quality) times the percentage of your attack that isn't used to overcome your opponent's defense. If I have twice as much offense as I need to reduce my enemy's defense to zero, I do 50% damage. This is so whether I have 100% or 5% of my attack bar filled; all the matters is the percentage of my attack not used to overcome defense.