go for one typ of melee weapons?

[DiceDunkelrose]

ello out there!i was wondering if it makes a huge difference in dps if i go just for one type of dw weapons (eg. only wearing pierce)reason why im thinking about it are the plus stats on some items (eg claymore +slash).i think it is better to have like +20 pierce and wearing two piercer instead of having +10 pierce +10 slash and wearing one piercer and one slasher, isnt it? but how big is the difference in there.hope yall understand me, my english isnt that bad but my german is much better <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (well, i add an E in my sig, so the word assassine is german the rest english <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) denglish ftw!best wishes

[Graton]

+ skill mods are largely worthless. choose weapons based on the quality of the weapon not the + skill mods. <div></div>

[yabo75]

<DIV>/nod... yup. take for example if i swap in a grizzfazzle dirk for my Absolution, i lose attack rating by like 6 or 7. i forgot offhand. point being, that the legendary has like 27 str AND +6 pierce, and my fabled dagger with 22str and no +pierce beats it by a pretty good margin. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>yabo!</DIV>

[DiceDunkelrose]

ok, my example with claymore was a bad one <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />i mean, i wouldnt swich back to grizzle too, but theres gear out there with those skill mods.so if theres for example a bracelet with 30str/sta/agi 100hp/mana 500 resi on all but melee and a braclet with 28sta/sta/agi 100hp/mana 500resi on all but melee and +6 pierce, which one would you go for? hope thats a better one <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />and if they're almost useless why are they in the game? they werent there in the beginning.best wishes from germany, we have angela merkel! wanna have her? <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Graton]

<blockquote><hr>DiceDunkelrose wrote:so if theres for example a bracelet with 30str/sta/agi 100hp/mana 500 resi on all but melee and a braclet with 28sta/sta/agi 100hp/mana 500resi on all but melee and +6 pierce, which one would you go for? hope thats a better one <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />and if they're almost useless why are they in the game? they werent there in the beginning.best wishes from germany, we have angela merkel! wanna have her? <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><hr></blockquote>they've been around since the beginning actually, or nearly. spirits of the lost had a very sought after bracer when it came out with a piercing mod on it. back then + skill mods had a large effect on your ability to hit mobs, they no longer do, they are more or less worthless. if you don't believe me, parse a bit or do some research on this board and you'll see that several folks have tested and proven that these mods do next to nothing. in your example i would take the bracelet with better stats in a heartbeat. there are lots of worthless things in game. items with regeneration 1 and flowing thought 1 on them for example. hell in tier 5 and 6 there were countless dps scout intended pieces of gear that had no strength on them and to this day next to none have intelligence. itemization in this game is not well done, just because you see lots of something in the game,  doesn't make it good. <div></div>

[judged_one]

You will need both.Some raid mobs are still immune to slash, or pierce.I remember in some LU SOE stated that mob will no longer be immune to certain type of attack. LIES.<p>Message Edited by judged_one on <span class=date_text>08-28-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:27 AM</span>

[Graton]

<div><blockquote><hr>judged_one wrote:You will need both.Some raid mobs are still immune to slash, or pierce.I remember in some LU SOE stated that mob will no longer be immune to certain type of attack. LIES.<p>Message Edited by judged_one on <span class="date_text">08-28-2006</span> <span class="time_text">07:27 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>there's the amorphous drake encounter which has a pierce immune and slash immune mob. can't think of anything else though. they're used to be an absolute ton of them.</div>

[SalBlu]

<P>Now... forgive my ignorance given that i've not tested these and only glanced at them... But doesnt the Giant Blunted Dirk havn a crush damage type attached to it?  Granted the crush ability might go out the door due to our combat arts, but I think that standard auto-melee would work outputting crush damage in this circumstance.</P> <P>... or maybe... i'm just talking out my rear and should be slapped.</P>