Question about weapon penalties and bonuses

[General Drayfox]

Do things like bonus critical chance, and penalties like reduced accuracy work on both melee and ranged attacks?
Do all bonuses and penalties effect all attacks regardless of what weapon type they're on, or is it only select bonuses?

 

[Zavos]

Accuracy and critical affect only the weapon themselves, evasion and defense are universal.

 

[General Drayfox]

Ayyyyy thanks.

 

[CloudStriker]

So if I equip the Primitive Bow, which gives an Evasion bonus, then never actually attack with it, it'd still give me the bonus?

 

[Ormael]

I think as long PC have some item equiped it should giving it bonuses or penalties.

 

[Galgano]

That wouldn't exactly work the best. You can already pair the secure MP with that flurry attack for assured damage. We don't need to allow poor accuracy melee weapons to gain a bonus like that; it just wouldn't make sense.

 

[Ormael]

Well I never looked so deep to see but there is possibility that for attacks using melee weapon bonuses from range not working and vice versa. But for actions that not require use of weapon having those bonuses on one of them may help.

 

[Etis]

Well I never looked so deep to see but there is possibility that for attacks using melee weapon bonuses from range not working and vice versa. But for actions that not require use of weapon having those bonuses on one of them may help.

As Zevos already said, attack-related stats on weapons are only used when you attack with it, other stats are passive. It was changed some time ago (all stats was passive).