agressiv

Ran CoD tonight, Crit was at 61%, zonewide minus leviathan was about 46% crit. (non-melee)

agressiv

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Frodogorn

I finally got my Praetor's Guard, so switched to Soulfire/Praetor/Dark Orb. I then respec'd to str line for some testing.

I am considering some minor gear changes, mainly my primary. I am also waiting on Frigid Piercer or Epic.

Anyone have suggestions for a good primary or any other item that could actually provide a soid dps gain for str lne? Something with a large damage proc, high damage spread, and 3+ delay would probably be good.

-Gerrod

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Flaeme

Get a carrotcutter if you don't want to get raid loot. Otherwise I think that wannabe-drakota on the 3rd floor of VP drops a fairly decent 1-hander.

agressiv

Even with WoCP I'm getting about 110dps from crushing alone. Anyone post what they are getting out of carotidcutter? (w/o a dirge) in a typical fight?

agressiv

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Cerium

I am on a pvp server in a qeynos guild so take the lack of debuffs into consideration. But, Our last raid where i could get in and do melee the carotidcutter was parsing 400-550dps. I hope to get a more consistant 600 dps out of it. I have made a few adornment changes and other things to adjust my str. I gained a couple hundred STR since then. I will keep you posted if the changes help.

oh yea piercing damage was 14% of my zonewide. There is a better dagger in Kor Sha the Throatripper. TBH from a melee perspective these are both better then the frigid.

agressiv

Damn. I'd get lynched if I bid on a melee weapon in a raid, but if I did a CoA run where nobody needed carotidcutter (cause they have something better or dont need it) I could see that flying.

That Throatripper dropped for us on our last kor-sha run and it went for a HUGE amount of dkp. That thing is awesome. Carotidcutter is still a pretty rare drop, and even rarer going in with a group that doesn't have at least one person needing/wanting it.

Hell, I can't even get my fucking praetor's guard to drop. If it does and I lose the damn lotto I'll be pissed.

agressiv

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Frodogorn

So I was bored to I started poking around for a decent mage weapon for strength line.

What I found...

\aITEM 657631678 1367067646:Hammer of Swirling Constellations\/a

47-266 - delay 3.0 - +str - melee group heal proc - ratio 5.66


\aITEM -1270934779 -1248783613:Doomcoil's Deactivated Control Baton\/a

49-198 - delay 2.5 - +str - melee damage proc - ratio 4.04


\aITEM -1777445177 -1331893516:Worm Tooth Blade\/a

61-347 - delay 4.0 - no str - melee power siphon proc - ratio 5.69


\aITEM 727959404 1875353243:Throatripper\/a

81-322 - delay 4.0 - +str/int +pierce +melee crit - melee damage proc - ratio 3.98


\aITEM -1598683725 1405079690:Betrayal's Song\/a

78-312 - delay 4.0 - +str/int +piercing +DA - melee threat decreaser proc - ratio 4.0


\aITEM -1136430526 1996356593:Carotidcutter\/a

74-297 - delay 4.0 - +str +DA - melee damage proc - ratio 4.01



So after taking a look at these, without testing, I'll attempt to place them in order. With base crit we get from str line I would mostly judge by the weapons ratio (spread). A damage proc can be nice, but becomes a less important factor the higher we get our autoatack damage. +skill is nice, but not a huge factor. Strength can have a pretty big impact, especially if we work with the rest of our gear to get it up. For us, double attack will be greater than melee crit and have a solid impact.


#6 Control Baton. A nice damage proc, some str, and an okay damage spread make this a solid choice for those that just wanna squeeze out some extra dps without any real gear changes. Easy to get.

#4-5 Betrayal and Carotid. They are both fairly similar. The proc and extra DA on Carotid I think would pull it up alongside Betrayal.

#3 Throatripper. Nice all around weapon.

#2 Worm Tooth Blade. Not sure the ratio alone warrants this spot. It really has nothing else. The power siphon combined with smoldering phantom adorn could free up another gear slot.

#1 Hammer of Swirling. High strength, spread, and not pissing off scouts make this my #1 pick.

I will probably go after the Hammer, but might take the Rod if it drops. It's a shame they make 2 levels of weapons. The only solid ones also have fighter or scouts tagged to em. Mage only ones blow.

-Gerrod

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Mayve

Ok, I know the general feeling is that there isn't much or anything at all that replaces BCG, but I wanted to get people's input for this as T8 gear:

\aITEM 1252606710 -626328800:Fetid Wrap of Undeath\/a

TANGARTH

BCG is so amazing becuase of the high end on it's proc, which when you crit is all that matters.

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Tangarth
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BANGarth

Pinski

It's not the general feeling, it is the facts that BCG is the best, period.

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Calaglin, Former Illusionist/Guild Leader of Confirmed on Unrest