Grandmastery "fix" ... please compare nerfed vs. "fixed" levels of proficiency

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I know in BGI weapon proficiencies were a certain way, the same way they're implemented in IWD1. In BGII, these proficiencies were "nerfed".

I also know there are a lot of tweaks or mods that will "unnerf" weapon proficiencies. But I am having trouble locating a chart showing what each proficiency actually does in each style.

If possible, I'd love to see a comparison.

TIA

 

BG1:

Code:

         points spent          to hit bonus        damage bonus      attacks
            1 (Proficient)           0                   0               1
            2 (Specialized)         +1                  +2              3/2
            3 (Master)              +3                  +3              3/2
            4 (High Master)         +3                  +4              3/2
            5 (Grand Master)        +3                  +5               2

BG2:

Code:

         points spent          to hit bonus        damage bonus      attacks
            1 (Proficient)           0                   0               1
            2 (Specialized)         +1                  +2              3/2
            3 (Master)              +2                  +2              3/2
            4 (High Master)         +2                  +3              3/2
            5 (Grand Master)        +2                  +4              3/2

 

Well, this is from a post from thetruth, in a thread you created about a year and a half ago..


Before the True Grand Mastery fix:


* 1 ApR
** +1 to hit, +2 damage, 3/2 ApR
*** +2 to hit, +2 damage, 3/2 ApR
**** +2 to hit, +3 damage, 3/2 ApR, (-1 Speed Factor)
***** +2 to hit, +4 damage, 3/2 ApR, (-3 Speed Factor)


After (as it is in BG1/IWD1):


* 1 ApR
** +1 to hit, +2 damage, 3/2 ApR
*** +3 to hit, +3 damage, 3/2 ApR
**** +3 to hit, +4 damage, 3/2 ApR, (-1 Speed Factor)
***** +3 to hit, +5 damage, 5/2 ApR, (-3 Speed Factor)

 

The last line on Strife's post should have 2 ApR, not 5/2 ApR. I'm not sure the speed factor increase was in BG1 or IWD (I thought Bioware increased speed factors instead of the other bonuses).

 

T2Bruno: I'm not sure whether true grandmastery is supposed to give you 2 or 2.5 attacks, but in my game, it's 2.5 attacks.

My level 9 Berserker, with 5 points in Axes, has 3 attacks per round (2.5 from grandmastery, 0.5 from achieving level 7 as a fighter).

I have no mods installed other than the G3 FixPack and G3 BG2 Tweaks.

 

i don't know what the mod is supposed to do, but grand mastery (as per BG1) should give you 2 attacks