[Ryu-Kazuki]

Neus » Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:29 am[/url]"]- Rank 4 weapon masteries reduce the BW of weapons of the same type by Rank.
- Special Armament reduces Sub-Weapon's BW by 25% (50% at Rank 2).
- Heavy Bow Mastery reduces BW of bows 20 weight or more by Rank.
- Indomitable also reduces BW as well as damage taken by the same percentage.
- Packrat Rank 2 increases maximum BW by Rank.

Discuss.

My two problems.

Tomes don't have a mastery, unless we add an extra rank to fluency, or make another talent.

5 ranks of packrat (for an assumed total of -5 BW) isn't enough to do much, and doesn't help in the favor of why tomes are so "heavy" (that's not a mocking motion, that's a; I don't know what else to call it without making it seem like actual real life weight thing).

Most weapons don't go anywhere near 20 in weight, or even 15 sometimes. Wo-daos are 6 base, and if you min-max your weapon qualities / materials (which is very possible), you can still stay under BW with no penalties, especially as a class that gets STR growths. Like I also mentioned earlier, a Spelledge with more power than Kigal at full potential is still less weight than the tome itself. That's pretty bad.

I'm pointing this out because even if not for mage's sake, no one who isn't a mage is going to use tomes in their right mind to attack with or wield in combat. Even tacticians would think it's not worth it considering how much it would be to them as a hindrance to their BW, and considering their damage is based off WIL, they wouldn't be used for attacking because everyone else would be relying on STR growths. But it's pretty ridiculous that they're the heaviest objects in the game in combat weight, and people who actually get strength can easily wield their weapons because they weigh so much less.

I'd sacrifice cutting tomes down to 1/2 Power = Spell Power increase for their weight to be reduced. Otherwise, people are going to stop using them, and nobody outside of mages would do so.