Mace or Hammer

[Bystander]

Cons and Pros of both?

[johnkx]

Hammer

Pros: High dmg and Crit rate

Cons: low aim rate and slow attack speed..

Mace

Pros: Fast attack speed and high aim rate

Cons:Low dmg and low Crit rate

[Wind607]

Cons and Pros of both?

I personaly think hammer and mace do the same amount of damage over time. So just find a hammer or mace that has the best stats on it, or pick one that you think looks cooler.

Math on Hammers vs Mace by AdamWest
http://www.outspark.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20242&page=3

[Gravvi]

umm from lvl 20-30 a hammer is good but the higher lvl u get the more u will need the aim from the mace

[Tasuke]

I believe the hammer is good if you have +25 SPR. That adds +5% critical rate and with the hammer it adds even more.

[joecracker]

i always have both :)

[Kholai]

As a clank, I find that the mace, as opposed to the hammer, is the only way to go. At lower level areas, where clanking is actually the most difficult, the faster, weaker strikes of the mace generate more aggro than the slower, stronger hits of the hammer. I literally watched as a hammer using guildmate, who had trouble holding aggro from her lower level mage-buddy, borrowed my mace and suddenly started holding aggro.

My own personal theory as to damage is that the two weapons are inherently unequal to begin with, however, the mace benefits from outside sources than the hammer does, closing the gap.

To explain, take the level 50 weapons.
Per minute -
Mace: 54 hits. 142~197
169 avg damage per hit. 9126 notional damage per minute.
Hammer: 46 hits. 263~329
266 avg damage per hit. 12236 notional damage per minute.

On paper, the hammer is obviously better. But by just having protect cast at this level gives a lone cleric +70 damage, which bumps it to 239 and 336 damage respectively, and this makes the notional average 12906 and 15406. If the cleric has 200 strength (Not an unrealistic amount to have), that's now mace, 439; hammer, 536 average damage per hit.
Average now? 23706 damage per minute for the mace, 24656 for the hammer.
By the time you add an extra 42 damage from a full party, it's 25974 to 26588. A difference of 614 statistical damage over a minute, hardly noticable, and even less so when you bring in critical hits, strength bonus damage, special moves.... In fact, if you start accounting for miss chance as well, the mace can really start to shine, since you're more likely to hit with Bash as well.

Fiesta is a game of adds, the different mastery levels also add damage, and every addition of damage to the base damage statistic narrows the gap even further. Attack speed is one of the most powerful features of any weapon, the hammer needs to be better to make up for that.

[joecracker]

see, you need both! :) sometimes one works better, u poor? save up for both ;)

[Semaj]

see, you need both! :) sometimes one works better, u poor? save up for both ;)

actually its a matter of prefrence. you can use an aim scroll and be fine with a hammer. or wear dex rings. they're basically the same. having everything for both is a waste of money. pick the one you like better and run with it.

[Ryokosha]

I'll just use whatever I'll get. It's already hard enough finding a shop (or a drop) that gives you a weapon you could use. XD

[Takako]

Hammers have a high crital rate and more damage.
Maces have better aim so it will miss less often then the hammer and it attacks faster by i think 0.1 second or 1 second.

Most people pick hammer since they look cool and they had been using a mace for the first 20 level so they want to switch it. I would suggest you us a hammer up to lvl 39 and at level 40 you switch to a mace.

[Galdrier]

HAMMERS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but maces are still good!

[Dpogie97]

Hammer is much better.

[krazybone]

that stuff the last user posted about all those if's and's or but's lol

when it comes down to it

no cleric is ever gnna spec into str

avg spec is 25 spr and rest into end

and hammer bash crits and ext.

make up for the maces speed and more

and their are earings +2%crit 1%aim .....

ext.

hammer > Mace hands down