Stamina or Dextrity?!?!

[bmohr225]

Okay this morning I asked a little question on the public chat while I was working on leveling my bow. I wanted to know what raised my swing speed, dex or stam? It enticed this huge argument involving many people all saying two different things. Some people said that stamina controlled swing speed, some people said that dexterity controlled swing speed. Can someone please explain this to me? Preferably a staff member seeing as it's highly debatable among players.

[NewPlayer241]

Here's my findings on the formula from three pages:

http://www.uo.com/fof/fiveonfriday51.html
"1. Figure out Weapon Base speed in ticks. Take whatever speed in seconds your weapon says on the tooltip and multiply that number by 4. If you are barehanded, you swing at the fastest weapon rate (10 ticks = 2.5 seconds). Example: The Halberd (4.25 second base speed) has a base speed of 17 ticks.
2. Figure out Stamina Ticks (Current Stamina / 30). Example: Current Stamina = 50. So Stamina Ticks rounded down = 1.
3. Figure out Swing Speed Increase modifier from equipment. Example: 20."
"Hit Start = ((Base Weapon Speed - Stamina Ticks) * (100.0 / (100 + Swing Speed Increase)))"

http://www.uoguide.com/Stamina
"Every 30 stamina points decrease your weapon swing speed time by one tick (which is 0.25 of a second) so with 180 stamina (or over that) your weapon speed time is decreased by 6 ticks (1.5 seconds) before the swing speed increase is calculated in. "

http://uo.stratics.com/content/arms-armor/combat.php
"FORMULA: Swing Delay in seconds = Floor((Weapon Speed - Floor(Stamina/30)) * (100.0 / (100 + Swing Speed Increase % item bonus))) / 4"

Anyways, those are the three I found. If someone could post the C# code for the combat functions I would be able to pick it apart and verify that is indeed how it works on this shard too.

[bmohr225]

Okay I have no idea what any of that means. All I need to know is if I raise dex or stamina on my bow in order to shoot quicker!!!

[Ruewyn]

All those calculations state that Stamina is the stat that affects swing speed. Raising your Dex however will increase your stamina by the same amount. So It's more useful to raise dex first (for faster healing and parry) then raise your stamina if you still need more speed. Keep in mind the swing speed cap. no point going way overboard on stamina if you are already swinging at max speed (wiki claims swing speed is capped at 1.75 sec here) .
Also getting SSI% gear is a lot easier and more effective at getting to max speed.

quick edit to show how much more effective SSI is: (using stratics calculator)
using my 4.25 speed halbard as an example
at 100 stamina with 0 SSI. Swing speed = 3.5 sec a swing
at 100 stamina with 30 SSI. Swing speed = 2.5 sec a swing
at 220 stamina with 0 SSI. Swing speed = 2.5 sec a swing

So with only 30 SSI you get the same effect as 220 stamina. I chose 30 SSI cause that is what the Headband of Power has on it, a very easy to get and extremely powerful headpiece.