Rune Weapons, Artifact Series II ...

[Layoneil]

basically questions for Lv 70+ players.

many if not all of the Rune Weapons can be equipped by BRDs.

i've actually seen a BRD with the Rune Spear awhile back, didn't occur to me to ask about it back than.

i've read many things that may or may not be true.
- 4MP/3Sec hidden "Refresh" effect when equipped
- "Refresh" effect only active in Dynamis
- Weapon automatically adds the Skill to your list (we all know BRDs have 0 Spear, Axe, Greataxe, H2H skill etc)
- Latent Effect - activates when you draw your weapon, drains your MP and stays active as long as you have MP to be drained.

can anyone confirm or deny any of these things or know anything else they'd like to add?

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does anyone know what "Military Parade" and "Courtly Measure" from the AFII set actually do?

do they let you play two new songs when you have them on?

"Military Parade" sounds a lot like March III.

[hasbean]

I can confirm that the Rune Sword drains the bejeezus outta my MP to get Latent Effect active. Once I run outta mp, latent effect goes away.

I didn't notice a refresh effect since I've yet to go to dynamis heh.

[grunion]

from what i've read on the forums,

- Latent Effect - activates when you draw your weapon, drains your MP and stays active as long as you have MP to be drained.

that's what i heard too

- 4MP/3Sec hidden "Refresh" effect when equipped
- Latent Effect - activates when you draw your weapon, drains your MP and stays active as long as you have MP to be drained.

you've got these 2 confused. the 4mp/sec is DRAINED to use the latent. there is no refresh, in or out of dynamis.

- Weapon automatically adds the Skill to your list (we all know BRDs have 0 Spear, Axe, Greataxe, H2H skill etc)

haven't heard about this - can someone test and see? it would be awesome :D

i heard from a JP player that the 2 AF2 armor effects you mentioned, one increases range and one increases duration of songs.

[Kweh]

I keep hearing rumours that the new Artifact Body gives a new sounding tune? Is it true?

[Theiry]

So to get the latent effect to trigger you need more then 4 MP, and then every 3 seconds of having the weapon drawn you loose 4 MP? So if a non mage wanted the effect (like a Thief) all they have to do is eat a pie or egg or something and then get Mages Ballad I and Refresh cast on them?

[grunion]

theiry, i don't think anyone but a small handful of players know at this point. there's 3 possibilities:

1. if you have MP when you start attacking, it will work until you run out and then the latent effect will stop. if you have 0MP when you start, it will never take effect.

2. if you have MP when you start attacking, it will work until you stop attacking even if you run out of MP. if you have 0MP when you start, it will never take effect.

3. it will always work when you attack, and if you have any MP it will drain it.