Man what is up with THACO in this game?

[Skeelo]

Does this game use a different kind of rules or something? Cuz from what I remember the lower the thaco the better. I can't seem to figure out what is better in this game. If I switch to a weapon that would seemingly make me have better thaco, my thaco goes up. And a lot of the descriptions of the weapons say something like +2 THACO, does this mean my thaco goes up and this would be bad, or does that means my thaco would go down and it's good?!?!!?!?!?!?

[Sojourner]

THACO works the same way as in BGI & BGII, with one caveat: PS:T has a problem handling negative THACO's (you generally don't reach that point until very late in the game unless you've hacked your character). The only reason I can think of for your THACO going up when equipping a certain weapon is either you're not proficient with it, or you're less proficient with it than the previously equipped weapon. Don't confuse the enchantment level of a weapon with the THACO bonus it gives - they're not always the same.

[Skeelo]

Ok, still something about the THACO I can't figure out but I can't remember what it is! Ah well I'm sure I'll get on here tonight.

[ 04-25-2001: Message edited by: Skeelo ]