====== Character's Weapon Speed ======
A character's weapon speed is used to calculate the rate of attacks a player makes. It is based on the [[characters:dex]] bonus and the total character load based on [[characters:Carrying_load]] and total load being carried. The minimum weapon speed for a character is 0.05.

===== Combat general description =====

   Characters Attack Speed (attacks per second) = ((1 + Dex Bonus) - (Weapon Speed / 20.0) + (Speed Bonus / 10.0) - ((Player's Current Carried Load/Player's Maximum Carry Capacity) x 0.2)) x 8.5 (server tick rate)

For example a weapon with weapon speed 8 and damage 8, on a character with 20 Dex and carrying %50 of capacity load with no +speed =

   Characters Attack Speed (attacks per second) = ((1 + 3) - (8 / 20.0) + (0 / 10.0) - ((0.5 x 0.2)) x 8 (server tick rate)
   Characters Attack Speed (attacks per second) = (4 - 0.4 + 0 - .1) x 8.5 (server tick rate)
   Characters Attack Speed (attacks per second) = 29.75

==== Dex Bonus ====
The improvement given by a players [[characters:Dex]] to their attack speed (Dex bonus) is:
^ Dex stat points ^ Dex Bonus ^
| 1 | -3 | 
| 2 | -2 | 
| 3 | -2 | 
| 4 | -1 | 
| 5 | -1 | 
| 6 | -1 | 
| 7 | 0 | 
| 8 | 0 | 
| 9 | 0 | 
| 10 | 0 | 
| 11 | 0 | 
| 12 | 0 | 
| 13 | 0 | 
| 14 | 1 | 
| 15 | 1 | 
| 16 | 1 | 
| 17 | 2 | 
| 18 | 2 | 
| 19 | 2 | 
| 20 | 3 | 
| 21 | 3 | 
| 22 | 3 | 
| 23 | 4 | 
| 24 | 4 | 
| 25 | 4 | 
| 26 | 5 | 
| 27 | 5 | 
| 28 | 6 |
| 29 | 6 | 
| 30 | 7 |