Ancient versus...um...ancient weapons?

[Fraser]

Is it worth putting a whole lot of points into the Blaster skill? I have about 150 skill points saved up for each party member and am about to cross the reefs to the Lincoln.

My fighter has GM (15) in Sword and Blaster right now. My Archer has GM in Bow and Mastery in Blaster. My Archmage and Cleric both have Expert ranking in Blaster and GM at 12-14 in their magic skills.

Everyone has their top ranking in all of their other skills.

I'm not sure whether I should load up on Blaster points or just put them into other GM skills. Are the Blasters really any good? I found them pretty useless last time, at GM with 10-11 skill points.

[Kareeah Indaga]

Have you tried Blasters with Haste cast? I have fond memories of carving through the Dragon Riders' Cave in MMVI with Haste and Blasters...smelting those dratted Cuisenarts...

[Tress]

blasters arnt bad with haste spell ,but imo spending more than 10 ranks/gm isnt needed since it only adds precision. Also even tough they are quite strong, good configured meele clases can outdamage them

[darknessfood]

Have you tried Blasters with Haste cast? I have fond memories of carving through the Dragon Riders' Cave in MMVI with Haste and Blasters...smelting those dratted Cuisenarts...

Try the blaster rifles and cast haste. They go down like Pamela Anderson on horses....

[Avonu]

Just give blaster to knight and invest skill points in armsmaster - at 25 GM rank he can shoot out more enemies than rest of team on haste - few seconds and dragon is not flying anymore.
Armsmaster shorts recorvery between melee weapon attacks (works even with blaster) - so more points in armsmaster - quicker attacks.

[Fraser]

I really thought that regular weapons worked best, especially with my knight usng two swords at level 18 GM. This time, though, I will try having one party member with a very high level in Blasters and see what happens.

[Pitsu]

Beside extreme speed, the blasters are irresistible i.e. everyone takes full damage from them, even the magic/physical immune opponents AFAIR.

[Avonu]

Not true - blasters ignore armor protection but not fire immunities (it is difficult to kill gogs with blasters but you can do it) - IIRC they are fire-based weapon.

[Phobos]

I thought they did Earth based damage. Anyway, they are really fast and fantastic for slaying tough opponents. Titans and Dragons will quickly fall before them...

[Roj]

On blasters. To be very quick, you should cast the Haste and remove all other wapon from hands (bows also). If your chars have not enough level in armor to remove its penalty, you need also carry off the armor (and chield).

By the way, in MM6 it is one more trick to make blasters very effective. The key for fantastic speed of blasters is to remove ANY WEAPON (and blaster also) from one person in your party. In this case, the previous person fires series.