cRPG => Beginner's Help and Guides => Topic started by: Jarold on May 10, 2013, 03:48:59 am
Title: Jousting Lance vs Great Lance
Post by: Jarold on May 10, 2013, 03:48:59 am
Are there any major differences between the two? I know that the jousting lance can be used with 9 strength instead of 12 allowing for a more dedicated lancer build. But is there any cool down difference? Can one be couched faster then the other?
I also know that 25 more damage makes the great lance more powerful...or is it! :o
also does 15/21 sound like a good lancer cav hybrid? I wanted to be slightly effective on the ground still. 5 ps 7 wm 7 ath 7 riding and 3 if, using medium armor, longsword, and destrier.
Title: Re: Jousting Lance vs Great Lance
Post by: owens on May 10, 2013, 12:29:31 pm
both should 1 hit a lot of the time
on hillier maps you will notice the extra 25 damage
Title: Re: Jousting Lance vs Great Lance
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on May 10, 2013, 04:45:53 pm
I don't always 1 hit kill with the great lance on my champion courser, so the damage certainly will make a difference (on hilly terrain or if your target is running in the same direction as you). Also power strike and WPF increase the damage of couched lances.
I personally wouldn't suggest using a great lance without a shield (because you can't block anything and you can't always steer 100% away from enemy cavalry, especially if they have numbers).
15/21 is a good build for 1h/shield/polearm/cavalry. If you were going to go just polearm/2h then I would suggest going 18/21.
Here would be my suggested builds (using the arabian warhorse): Level 30:
Power Strike: 5 Athletics: 7 Riding: 7 Weapon Master: 4
Two Handed: 124 Polearm: 80
For the 2nd build, I'd probably give up even more polearm WPF to get more 2h WPF. Polearm WPF does increase the damage some of the couched lance, but not enough to be useful compared to having higher swing speed with your 2h. Hell even on the first build I'd probably drop the polearm WPF down into the 80s to get more 1h WPF. But again, that's only if you are never going to be using any other polearm besides the great lance. If you plan on using thrusting (or 4D) polearms, then I'd try to have about even WPF for either 1h or 2h.