Basic's of Weapon Speed

Basics of Weapon Speed

Speed Categories
There are eight weapon speed categories:

	Slowest
	Slower
	Slow
	Normal
	Fast
	Faster
	Fastest
	Super

Each category describes a range of attack speeds, regardless of weapon type. For example, a Fast sword doesn't necessarily attack with the same speed as a Fast bow. But they would both fall in the same speed range category. Below is a table with the speed ranges for each category:

Category	Minimum	Maximum
Super	0.0	0.47
Fastest	0.48	0.61
Faster	0.62	0.77
Fast	0.78	0.92
Normal	0.93	1.07
Slow	1.08	1.2
Slower	1.21	1.27
Slowest	1.28	100

These values denote the number of seconds required to swing your sword, fire your bow, etc. In other words, the weapon speed value denotes a single attack duration. So, if you wanted to calculate your theoretical total damage output over a period of time (N seconds), you could do it in this fashion:

Average Damage Per Attack * ( N / Attack Duration )

Below is a table of some weapon attack speeds gathered with a simple skrit modification that reports the attack_loop_duration$ value in job_attack_object_melee.skrit and job_attack_object_ranged.skrit. The inserted call is essentially: Report.SScreenF("Attack Duration %2.2f", attack_loop_duration$);...which also prints out monster attack durations :)

Weapon	Speed	Attack Duration
Chicken Gun	Faster	0.63
Medium Xbow	Faster	0.63

Steel (Sword)	Fast	0.83
Long Xbow	Fast	0.83 sec
Dented Mace	Fast	0.83

Short Recurve	Normal	1.00

Bow	Slow	1.15
Lightning Gun	Slow	1.13

Assault Axe	Slower	1.25
Bladed Staff	Slower	1.25
Great Steel	Slower	1.25

Long Recurve	Slowest	1.30

Changing Weapon Speed
As mentioned above, the job skrits for melee and ranged contain an attack_loop_duration$ value, which is the sum of the attack animation duration and the reload_delay, which can be found in each weapon type's template gas file (world/contentdb/templates/interactive).

The attack animation speed values are stored in heroes.gas, like this:

[anim_durations]

fs1 = 0.830; //1-H melee

fs2 = 0.830; //1-H melee w/ shield

fs3 = 1.250; //2-H non-sword melee

fs4 = 1.250; //2-H sword melee

fs5 = 1.250; //staff

fs6 = 1.000; //bow

fs7 = 0.125; //x-bow & minigun

fs8 = 1.000; //no weapon w/ shield

The reload_delay's are usually specified in the base weapon template for each weapon type. Custom reload delays are also sometimes specified in the weapon template itself.

So, in summary:

	Editing the base animation durations will affect all characters.
	Editing the job* skrit file(s) will affect all melee and/or ranged attacks.
	Editing the base weapons gas templates will localize the speed tweak to the weapon type.
	Editing the weapon template will only change the speed for that weapon type.

Credits and For Further Reference

	Thanks to Icemage_999 for explaining the skrit and gas that makes weapon speeds the way they are here.
	Mr Fixit Online's DS site also has a weapon speed information page with an explanation damage over time.

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