Facts: 1) the rate of back to back shots from a stationary archer remains the same 2) archers must stand still for their "swing phase" (the last two game ticks of each swing which is about 0.5 second) 3) archers are reset to the beginning of their "swing phase" if they move 4) archers and melee folk both are reset to the beginning of their "swing phase" when they toggle a special move 5) archery and melee swing rates are now identical 6) an unintended change to the melee swing speed for back to back swings was made that increased all melee swings times by 0.5 second 7) I asked Wilki not to respond on this subject since I wanted to see how the discussion played out without our intervention... I think the anticipation is killing him :)

What we intend to do in Publish 33:
1) speed up the melee swing rate by 0.5 second so that it is back to normal for back to back swings. We will likely speed up archery by 0.5 second as well to keep the swing rates identical.

What we might evaluate for Publish 33:
1) decreasing the "swing phase" from two game ticks to one (0.5 second to 0.25 second) This would decrease the amount of time that archers must stand still at the end of their swings, and also reduce the penalty for changing special moves

Fertbert
(Ultima Online Live Team Lead)

参照：　UO Staticsのフォーラム