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[Zaik]

Type	Size	Attack	Attack Type	Contact Area	Penetration	Velocity	Skill Used	Metal	Wood	Bone	Obsidian
Mace	800	Bash	Blunt	20	(200)	2.0x	Mace	Yes	No	No	No
War Hammer	400	Bash	Blunt	10	(200)	2.0x	Hammer	Yes	No	No	No

I submit this data from the wiki purely for !!science!!. I can make no conclusions myself other than that the difference must lie in size and contact area, and the fact that they have the same velocity and penetration.

I leave it to an expert to give the real reason.

From my somewhat limited experience, the issue is that you have the same velocity but twice the contact area on the mace.

The mace has double the size(weight?), and double the contact area, but hits with the same force as the war hammer.

So, basically, you have twice the weight spread acros twice the impact area(equal), but the same velocity is spread across twice the impact area(half as effective) as well.


I dunno, i could be totally wrong, but that's my best guess.

Minor Edit: Penetration "size"(from the raws) is likely a representation of how deep into the target's body the weapon can cause damage. For comparison, a spear's stab has the same contact area as a mace but a penetration of 10000. Penetration is going to be relatively useless outside of fighting against extremely large creatures, as most sentients are around the same size and i can speak from personal experience that a scourge(penetration:50) can break a goblin's spine from the front.

[Burning_Iceman]

The mace has double the size(weight?), and double the contact area, but hits with the same force as the war hammer.

So, basically, you have twice the weight spread acros twice the impact area(equal), but the same velocity is spread across twice the impact area(half as effective) as well.


I dunno, i could be totally wrong, but that's my best guess.

I'm afraid that doesn't make sense. You've got to compare either just impact or impact/area, not sure which makes more sense. It's really a combination of the two.
Impact is a result of the objects (change of) impulse (over time) which is speed times mass (p =m*v). Speed stays the same but mass is doubled, so in total impulse is also doubled.

Assuming both weapons come to a full stop within the same time, the mace has twice the impact and equal impact per area compared to the hammer.
By any logic the mace should do the same damage (if only impact/area is considered) or twice as much (if it's pure impact) as long as the wielder has enough strength to wield both with the same speed.