Lower Delay Better

[Vandiyan]

I recently got a couple weapons that were around 2 to 2.5 sec on the delay and noticed my Hurricane doesn't seem to proc as much.  Are lower delay weapons better since they would obviously swing and hit more often then higher delay ones?  Thanks.

[Spydr]

<p>yea, unfortunately soe hasn't changed all spells/procs to the new # times per minute</p><p>so anything thats still based on % will always proc more with smallest delay</p>

[Vandiyan]

<cite>Spydr@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>yea, unfortunately soe hasn't changed all spells/procs to the new # times per minute</p><p>so anything thats still based on % will always proc more with smallest delay</p></blockquote>Is this something that SoE is planning on changing for Hurricane?  So would you suggest I get lower delay weapons then.  Like some 1.6 delay ones?

[Rokjin]

<cite>Vandiyan09 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Spydr@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>yea, unfortunately soe hasn't changed all spells/procs to the new # times per minute</p><p>so anything thats still based on % will always proc more with smallest delay</p></blockquote>Is this something that SoE is planning on changing for Hurricane?  So would you suggest I get lower delay weapons then.  Like some 1.6 delay ones?</blockquote><p>It doesn't matter for Hurricane, because lower delay weapon proc = lower damage hit from Hurricane, since it's based on weapon damage.</p><p>Thus Hurricane, the way it is now, should not be changed and it does not matter if it's a low or high delay weapon you use with it.</p><p>Inspiration however still benefits from faster weapons I believe, since it always hits and is not dependent on your weapon damage for it's damage. (Counts as Magic damage actually, so isn't affected by our melee crit even I think).</p>

[Rippitt]

It inflicts piercing damage, increases with STR, but crits as a spell. Hurricane is not a 'proc' - as stated above, it's a chance for your autoattack to ae, it affects all weapons equally.

[Hamervelder]

<cite>Leanan@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Vandiyan09 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Spydr@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>yea, unfortunately soe hasn't changed all spells/procs to the new # times per minute</p><p>so anything thats still based on % will always proc more with smallest delay</p></blockquote>Is this something that SoE is planning on changing for Hurricane?  So would you suggest I get lower delay weapons then.  Like some 1.6 delay ones?</blockquote><p>It doesn't matter for Hurricane, because lower delay weapon proc = lower damage hit from Hurricane, since it's based on weapon damage.</p><p>Thus Hurricane, the way it is now, should not be changed and it does not matter if it's a low or high delay weapon you use with it.</p><p>Inspiration however still benefits from faster weapons I believe, since it always hits and is not dependent on your weapon damage for it's damage. (Counts as Magic damage actually, so isn't affected by our melee crit even I think).</p></blockquote>Yes, a faster weapon is definitely better for Inspiration.  That's the <i>only</i> reason I keep Right Hand of the High Priestess around.  I pop all four temp buffs (Inspiration, En Garde, Ruthless Cunning, etc) and switch to Right Hand... and watch the damage fly.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[OldMan_JP]

<cite>Uros@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Leanan@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Vandiyan09 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Spydr@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>yea, unfortunately soe hasn't changed all spells/procs to the new # times per minute</p><p>so anything thats still based on % will always proc more with smallest delay</p></blockquote>Is this something that SoE is planning on changing for Hurricane?  So would you suggest I get lower delay weapons then.  Like some 1.6 delay ones?</blockquote><p>It doesn't matter for Hurricane, because lower delay weapon proc = lower damage hit from Hurricane, since it's based on weapon damage.</p><p>Thus Hurricane, the way it is now, should not be changed and it does not matter if it's a low or high delay weapon you use with it.</p><p>Inspiration however still benefits from faster weapons I believe, since it always hits and is not dependent on your weapon damage for it's damage. (Counts as Magic damage actually, so isn't affected by our melee crit even I think).</p></blockquote>Yes, a faster weapon is definitely better for Inspiration.  That's the <i>only</i> reason I keep Right Hand of the High Priestess around.  I pop all four temp buffs (Inspiration, En Garde, Ruthless Cunning, etc) and switch to Right Hand... and watch the damage fly.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote><p>I have found that using all of the temp buffs at the same time with Inspiration is not the best way to run overall.  Usually by the time I hit Inspiration in a fight I've given enough time for our proc buffs to hit so with Bravado I already have a decent dps buff going.  Hitting Cunning and Finesse at the same time results in less effectiveness overall as the amount of the increase is subject to diminished returns.  With just one of the buffs you should be close to 100 dps buff so another 40 on top of that would be less effective than using it separately and getting a bigger effect out of it.  </p><p> Kinda felt like rambling there for a minute.  Did that make sense? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Spydr]

<cite>Rippitt@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>It inflicts piercing damage, increases with STR, but crits as a spell.Hurricane is not a 'proc' - as stated above, it's a chance for your autoattack to ae, it affects all weapons equally.</blockquote><p>Hurricane isnt a proc, but,</p><p>poisons/misc can proc with hurricane</p><p>so imo faster weap=better <b><i>hurricane</i></b>but no.. i wouldnt want faster weaps just for this, just saying <b><i>hurricane wise.. </i></b>ya its better</p>

[AegisCrown]

<cite>Eurystheus wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rippitt@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>It inflicts piercing damage, increases with STR, but crits as a spell.Hurricane is not a 'proc' - as stated above, it's a chance for your autoattack to ae, it affects all weapons equally.</blockquote><p>Hurricane isnt a proc, but,</p><p>poisons/misc can proc with hurricane</p><p>so imo faster weap=better <b><i>hurricane</i></b>but no.. i wouldnt want faster weaps just for this, just saying <b><i>hurricane wise.. </i></b>ya its better</p></blockquote>yeah cept those procs are normalized and proc alot more on slower weapons

[AegisCrown]

<cite>Eurystheus wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rippitt@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>It inflicts piercing damage, increases with STR, but crits as a spell.Hurricane is not a 'proc' - as stated above, it's a chance for your autoattack to ae, it affects all weapons equally.</blockquote><p>Hurricane isnt a proc, but,</p><p>poisons/misc can proc with hurricane</p><p>so imo faster weap=better <b><i>hurricane</i></b>but no.. i wouldnt want faster weaps just for this, just saying <b><i>hurricane wise.. </i></b>ya its better</p></blockquote>yeah cept those procs are normalized and proc alot more on slower weapons