[seanthien]

There are 2 types of fighting on GK at the moment - Sparring, Battle-Mode (B-mode)

Sparring doesn't take resistance into account, unless it's an attack effect (Poison, Fear, Blind). Damage is solely based on your damage and the opponents armor class.

Battle-Mode fighting is where weaponmagic is useful because resistances are used. Cold, Electricity, Fire, and Physical are the other attack-types that people are going to have resistances to, but you can't have any resistance to weaponmagic. No resistance means more damage. (y)