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Posted:Sep 13 2002 at 11:19 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Max non-crit/disc backstab at level 60 (Using a 15 damage weapon, and no +backstab mod) is 553 ;) You're 1 off.
That is correct. For a Lv65 rogue post-Omens at the time I looted and equipped it, upped my ATK from 1236 to 1268 (probably due to the addition of levels 66-70). This is a very worthy weapon, IMO. Tag a nice LDoN proc aug on it, get a 41% haste item, drop in the offhand, and put in a new high-damage +% backstab piecer in the on-hand. +ATK is capped, so as a rogue, you have to consider how to squeeze every bit of ATK bonus out of your gear. If you don't have another item with +% Piercing, this one is pretty nice.
FYI - this looks like the Ancient Burrower Spine (have one of those, too) except that the blade is "skinned" with a dark gray granite-looking texture. The spine is more a bone color; the difference is subtle, but noticable once you've seen both of them equipped.
Finally signed in..well to make this a clear note..someone at Verant decided to play Breath of Fire 3 and well..look at the dagger's name..Rei..sound familar?Just my lil notice..nice weapon..lets hear the Rogues yell...
This is just a beautiful weapon. I dont care if it has a proc or not. It has better than a proc and something more useful IMO, +5% Piercing! That 5% should help you hit more often and with a dmg of 15 and all the nice little stats it has should make it a terrific weapon. I hope this weapon is still around when my twink rogue gets to the lvl to go to this zone, he's close, just not close enough ;)
Good luck to all the Rogues looking for this and Congrats to all those that get it!
Please let us know who drops it when you find out :)
I been on the Vaz server for about a year now and we rogues on this server marvel at items such as 12dmg and epics are royalty's I have been seeing more of them but nothing like you should be. Also been noticing rogues turning to the 1hs in there offhand as an alternate way as to 2 piercers. I suppose it could be because the 1hs are cheaper overall.But all in all how come we never see half this crap on vaz? I mean seriously I have yet to see one drop from dragon necropolis or something. Best weapon you can pick up for backstabbing is prolly the small dragon bone shard form what ive seen and even those are a rare camodity I been auctioning for about a month now trying to find a jagged ice shard. There are no mid - high end piercers out there on vaz what is it that we dont do that all the other servers do? Dalnoth Spinechill -48th rogue Vaz
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but Vaz is a newer server I believe, meaning there are probably not many entrenched uber guilds with lots of numbers and time on their hands, and thats where most of these awesome piercers and such come from.
Actually he is just plain wrong. There have been Horns of Hasraga sold on Vazaelle and almost any 55+ rogue has epic+. Vazaelle was one of the earlier servers ever to clear NToV and has no shortage of power despite the youth. Next to the truely epic powers (FoH, AL, Triton, ect...) Vazaelle can hold their own, and had In Virtue not folded shortly after they cleared NToV I would say they would be one of the top guilds in all of EQ.
"had" "if" etc. Nice crystal ball gazing. "one of the top guilds in all of EQ" pure speculation on your behalf as you even said they dont exist anymore :P
They exist, just not on that server. They moved to Kane Bayle when it opened. They made it look so easy to become uber on a new server. They had their guild raping sleepers tomb before the other guild (Celestial Rapture) even got their first key. Don't let the name fool you CR is very good at raiding not just cr's, but In Virtue was better.