Proc Weapons

[SirRobin]

What are Proc Weapons? I gather they have a spell attack component, but from what I've read they have some issues when used in groups. And what does "Proc" mean or stand for? Thanks.

[12345]

[quote="SirRobin":3kiedau9]What are Proc Weapons? I gather they have a spell attack component, but from what I've read they have some issues when used in groups. And what does "Proc" mean or stand for? Thanks.[/quote:3kiedau9]

Proc is short for procedure. Some weapons have special procedures that allow them to throw fireballs, lightning bolts, absorb mana and other special attacks/abilities.

Not sure what the issue is in groups that you're talking about though. Care to elaborate?

[SirRobin]

Thanks. I thought I read somewhere that they could end up hurting the others in your group. I got the impression that the spells used on Proc weapons were area effect. But maybe I'm confusing this with something else.

Sir Robin

[12345]

For the most part, proc weapons are pretty cool. Some like the Bloodstained Zweihander (Z-spammer) proc fairly often, even if it's for relatively little damage. The cleric dark mace does some pretty good damage and refuels mana levels some.

The Emerald Broadsword (?) was a unique exception. It was still a cool weapon, but it had a lot of procs. One hit the mob with an emerald beam, another was an extra attack of sorts, another would randomly spell shield a member of the group, I think another healed the user a little bit and the last one burned your hand.

The only proc weapon that's truly dangerous are spec weapons. They chop limbs off mobs, dealing huge amounts of damage to mobs that are otherwise basically immortal. On the minus side, it's not uncommon to kill yourself or others of your group. Such is life

[Malison]

there's only a small issue with proc weapons in groups, and that's that they're spammy. with something like staff of the elven forest proccing every round, you see a whole lot of magic missiles even with gag fight on.

on the other hand, it was helpful when a few people pulled out their proc weapons vs the ethereal quest mobs last week