If a SWORDS MAGE hybrid uses a Bow that has use best weapons AND -mage weapon you can use the bow's specials WITHOUT archery trained up. Is this an intended feature?
LoL. Do you not know how use best wep works? It has only been around for 15 years.
Yeah they're very old bows that came with the ubws property on them. Just delete them or make them exploits like glacial white cloth.
It was a rare item that only paired with -mage weps. I don't think they go around deleting items that don't spawn anymore just because you don't like it. I have multiple ubw mage bows just collecting dust.
I think the problem Corpse is addressing with these bows is that they work with having little to no archery and shouldn't work like that. They should be fixed is what he is saying.
Can you make the apron "Butcher of Jhelom" craftable too? I think it is unfair that someone has that rare that makes their suits really easy to build. Just using amit's logic here.
UBW skill is for (melee weapons only)
whoever this corpse guy is must lose a lot to the only player in the game who uses this bow.
That website says that because the bows stopped spawning. Hence they are rare.
Here is the key difference. You have Archery and use a UBWS Macing weapon, can you toggle specials? No, you can't.
You have an Swords and use an Archery UBWS weapon and you CAN toggle specials.
These people claim to be pvpers and don't know what they are talking about. lol
Or try to make you think they have played UO forever. Runs back to my Castle to admire all my old UBW/Mage Bows
Yeah this is definitely broken. People that are using are purposely taking advantage of a exploit and have no idea how UO mechanics work. They were fixed long ago and that's when they stopped spawning cause it couldn't be done without having the archery skill to do specials. Funny how some people fight to keep exploits in the game to favor their lack of talent.
Your troll posts are bad. Or you are not informed at all. Either way, shouldn't be commenting.
Mage weapon does not allow you to perform specials. E.G say you had tactics and no weapon skill but had magery, you cannot perform specials with a mage weap.
or if you had magery, swords and tactics and used a mage weap mace, you would not be able to perform specials.
You need both properties on the bow and a lot of skill. The bows stopped spawning. Like I said. It’s a combination. I am not going to link to a page I wrote on it.
confirmed.
UBWS is working on those bows for swords. I did not check other melee skills.
But not with -magery for my mage who has no weapon skills.
So the fault is lying with the UBWS somehow working on bows for melee.
The -magery has no bearing.
If the char has both swords and magery, albeit odd, but the bow would work due to the swords, not the -magery.
The true test would be to see if an archer can use a swords. and that answer is......... no. It is not reciprocated. I took my archer and bought a UBWS swords required weapon and I could not activate the specials. (and yes she has enough tactics and archery)
I don’t think you read this thread or understand how/why it works.
Wow someone that understands why it works. Color me shocked.
Why would a UBWS Bow give me the ability to toggle specials when I have a weapons skill, but NOT allow me to toggle specials with a UBWS weapon when I have archery skill?
If it was intended it would work both ways. Oversight, bug.
Some personal attacks have been deleted. I believe this bug has now been fully explained further discussion is not needed.
Here is proof that mage weapon does not allow you to use a special attack even though i have both magery and a weapon skill and tactics. The UBWS property would allow me to do this, however UBWS should not work on bows, it is a bug that it works on bows that are mage weapon. 
