I don't think that is true sir. I have a human monk with 138 agility, and
he never carries more than 14 pounds, but he cannot run noticeably faster
than anyone else.

On Mon, 15 May 2000, Jeremy Caswell wrote:

> Ground speed is affected by agility and your current weight. is not easily
> noticed except with SoW or Selo's, since it magnifies the effect. I first
> noticed the problem with my enchanter, a human, and a human cleric...
> neither were encumbered, but my enchanter was running much faster than the
> cleric. the only difference was his higher strength had him carrying more
> pounds. My Druid wood elf and a wood elf ranger, same agility.... druid was
> faster, less weight. my druid vrs one with a agility buff, the agi buff one
> was slightly faster, but when I got my agi to 100, I could keep up with the
> buffed one, (in the 120s). We did those while at the same weight.... done
> at different weights, the heavy one always lagged behind.
>
> Conclusions...
> Weight is deciding factor... encumbrance only decreases your agility to slow
> you down, but each pound slows you as well.
> Agility is a factor, but only to 100... which is max groundspeed at 0 weight
>
>
> I have 101 agility, SoW, and keep my weight around 55 pounds. I can run
> circles around anyone in my guild, even the other shamans and druids.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Save 75% on Products!
> Find incredible deals on overstocked items with Free shipping!
> http://click.egroups.com/1/4013/8/_/451658/_/958395530/
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>