Why my damage lowers when i equip a weapon?

[M0rr1s]

I noticed that anytime i equip my weapons they deal lower damage than it is written. For example i have a sword 5-21 damage but when i equip it it shows 4-9 damage from hand. I don't see any debuffs or speciality issues. Can someone explain how this works?

[Naamtar]

Does it say 'Not proficient' at the bottom of the tooltip of the weapon when you equip it?

[TheBlueFox]

Gonna need pictures or a clear example. It could be many things.

If you're looking at an item while you have Character A (lets say GALE) selected, and then equip the item on Character B (Lets say Laezel) then yes, the damage numbers will change

[nelvus]

The weapon's damage is dependent on your character's stats. If a weapon uses STR and your character has low STR, the damage will be lower.

[IRMcG]

STR or DEX (for finesse weapons) affect the damage. What you see before equipping is the base stats before applying your character's abilities.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

My guess it it's versatile, does it say versatile? Lol

If it does then it's gi ING you the 2H wielding stats and you probably have a shield or dual wield it?

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by IRMcG:

STR or DEX (for finesse weapons) affect the damage. What you see before equipping is the base stats before applying your character's abilities.

It actually doesn't work like that exactly...

The weapon will calculate exact damage based on everything your character has (items, class levels, etc.

However the damage calculations are BASED on the character that is selected.... So you need to move it into their inventory or look at the gear from their character to get accurate damage numbers.

Also if the weapon is "versatile" the damage changes a bit depending on if you are 2-handing the weapon or 1 handing it.

[Valandryl]

There is a bug where most of the time equipping new weapons displays wrong numbers on the character sheet. Just close it and reopen it, it becomes normal then. It happens to me a lot.
Then, there's the fact that extra attack damage doesn't appear on your character screen either (such as +1D4 psychic damage for example).

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Valandryl:

There is a bug where most of the time equipping new weapons displays wrong numbers on the character sheet. Just close it and reopen it, it becomes normal then. It happens to me a lot.
Then, there's the fact that extra attack damage doesn't appear on your character screen either (such as +1D4 psychic damage for example).

It does though... it appears on the weapon itself if that damage bonus is ALWAYS in effect.

It doesn't calculate conditional damage bonuses though (like if target is burning do XX extra damage)

[Yagger]

its showing you 2hand damage, equiping then shows 1hand