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Does anyone know what the new patch will change on the sharpen skill? The download page just says it is 'balanced'.

I know you can get a much better weapon by sharpening - adding a skill point - sharpening again - instead of powering up in that skill and then sharpening a weapon once.

I wonder if that is what they are fixing...?,,,,


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According to quite a few members of this forum, any attempt to use Sharpen with the latest patch (1.43) causes the game to crash to desktop. I haven't tested it myself, though.


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So the answer is that the new version of sharpen speeds your leaving the game. Instead of needing to go to the main menu and hit "quit" you can save time by just sharpening a weapon.

Edit - At least one person indicated that the crash to desktop may occur from old saves - I'm starting a new 1.43 game to see if I have any luck sharpening.

Yep - not at all to my surprise (but I like to see for myself) I crashed to desktop sharpening a shortsword. I had a magic hammer drop and that I had been able to sharpen with no crash.

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After loading 1.44 and continuing with my original game, I found that Sharpen worked on a "plain" sword with no additional stats, but any sword with extra qualities caused a CTD. Fortunately I found a plain Ranaar two-hander that sharpened to 153-254 damage, and that (plus about a million life potions:) was enough to get me to the end of the game.

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I just sharpened a "Sharp 2-H Sword of Pain" and an "Apprentice's Scimitar of the Imp", both have additional magic properties, and there was no problem at all.

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Weird, I sharpend a weapon from 4 to 5 and the Damage went down????


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