Langseax  

 

Good God I have read all the post and lets face it in 1999 the game was fun and now it is just to dam cofuseing with 7 expans out all i hear now is LFA or need 1 more for LDoN give me a break and let me play the old way and work it out i have a Lv 15 and he is the highst i have gone and i loved getting him there
now i have a Lv 7 and pland to spend some time working him but right now the big problem is not lagging since DX9 and ther new game engen so have fun fellow gamers and remember the game is ever QUEST

I've played EQ for about 2 years now and the highest level I ever got to was 45 with my Bard on the Seventh Hammer Server. I can remember when I was dual weilding a Cold Iron morning star and my newly uber item, Thulian Blades. I've since gotten several charactors to their 20's and finally found that I like my Rogue the best. Old world quests like this are awesome because they give you a sense of adventure and make you use your brain. My Rogue is a pretty big tweak, but it's only becuase my other chars are nekkid now. I'm doing my Burning Rapier quest now even though the reward doesn't replace my current weapons. It's like it was stated below...this is EverQUEST, not EverLOOT. If you start out with the best gear possible, where's the learning?, where's the struggle?...where's that awesome feeling you get when you pick up that 8/26 weapon with an 81DD for the first time?(Wazikashi/Yak) If you don't find struggle in your gaming, what's the point in playing? Go log on Diablo and dupe yourself a set of God armour and leave the questing to us that have a taste for adventure and treasure hunting.

I got 2 just before I went up to 13th. These really do the job. I was wondering, would it be better if I had a PGT in my primary instead of 2 langseaxes? I had heard that this would be the optimum mix. Would this be true?

I read the message about the langseaxes being just as good as thulian claws.
They are not the same ratio.
thulians are a small percentage faster.
Also anything with a lower delay with the same ratio is perferable. this is why 1h slashing is better then 2h in the first place.
If you miss with the claws you don't do lets say 11 damage. you miss with the langseax you miss 13-14 damage and you have to wait longer.
lets say you are in a fight that lasts long enough for 10 strikes of the langseax. chances are you will get in around 13-14 wit hthe thulians. dealing aproximatly the same damage(similar ratios after all). However if you miss three attacks in the course of the fight you see that the claws do more damge . in other words they are more consistant.
Now i hear what you are saying about the price. yes 500p is a little much when 30p is fine.
so i agree that the langseaxes are better for the money they are not better overall.
Personally i like 1h blunt.
nice dwarven sap(8/20 around 500 on my server dwarf only 1h blunt) or a cane of the traquil. or maybe piercing is the way to go. some nice piercers out there for warriors.
basically i would reccomend that warriors do four things
1)keep ALL weapon skills maxed
2)Keep taunt maxed
3)get agil over 100 as soon as possible
4)get str and ac as high as they can go

Yes these are great dual wielded. They are also one of the best weapons to use in the off hand if you are using a Ebon Razor, or Short Sword of the Yakuza, as your primary. Most people I see using these swords have a sword that is slower in the off hand and therefore only get a chance to dual wield every other primary attack.

So if you intend is to use the Yak or the Razor make sure you hold onto one of these little gems.

This weapon is great for dual wielding because of its low delay. I have found them being sold all the time for 15 to 30 pp and can easily earn that amount so actually performing the quest may be unnessary. My biggest money making projects have been stacks of bone chips for Necros (2 to 5 pp per stack) and silk swatches (1 pp and up per swatch) so getting the necessary PP was not difficult. I purchased my first Langseax at level 10 (I am a Dwarf and there are not too many sold in our parts) after I traveled to Freeport, and my 1-HS skill went through the roof. I put it in my off hand at level 13 and my duel wield shot up as well. For the price and spead of the weapon, this has been awsome for increasing my skill levels. I usually max my 1-HS within a bubble of my new level because I swing the blade so many times.

I know players who actually dual wield these into their mid to late 20's because they are cheap and so difficult to beat at these levels for pure damage output. Especially after dual wielding. I have even had heavy two handed hitters sigh at the amount of damage I can deal with these simple weapons. I can't wait for double attack to see the amount of damage I could do over time. I better save my money for better armor because with the damage I do and my taunt, the monsters just love to beat on me.