All I can say is this is an awesome looking weapon, I just got on an Akheva raid last night. We weren't organized to well but it was fun and relatively painless.
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Posted:May 08 2002 at 11:43 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Just picked one of these babies up last night in akheva, wasnt sure if i wanted it though, im afriand its going to effect my chances at a fist of acylia. Kill assface on the second try of the night, but it was the first kill for our guild. Revenge is bittersweet.
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Posted:May 02 2002 at 4:07 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) oops, double post, sorry
there's also a pal/shd 1hb rancorous skull of whatever that drops from the cursed cycle in ssra, 21/21 15 int and 100hp/mana i believe its a really nice weapon, go get it omg
Also the Dark Steel Morning Star dropped from the Dark Assassin looks like this. Of course, the weapon is totally gimp though, but I thought I'd mention it for completeness anyway.
The weapon shows a damage bonus because all weapons wielded by a 51+ character (a character that has a damage bonus to begin with) show one. Grab a bow and look at the damage bonus on that. However, the damage bonus is applicable ONLY to primary hand weapons (including 2-handers, since they're equipped in the primary slot). Neither secondary nor range weapons apply damage bonuses. For example, my Swiftwind, Defiance, and Bow of the Huntsman all show damage bonuses of 9. I've hit for 1 damage with my bow and Swiftwind, while the minimum damage on my Defiance is 10 (1 damage + 9 bonus).
To better compare offhand and mainhand, I'll use the example of my Swiftwind and a Frostbringer. I know the FB is one less damage, but I can speak from experience about that, not theoretically about a 13 damage mainhand weapon. Max damage (using self-buffs only so as not to skew results) with my Swiftwind is 63. Max damage with a Frostbringer was 67 (though I only used the FB for about a half hour). If the bonus was applied to the offhand weapon, the Swiftwind would have maxed out at around 69-72 or so.
If this weapon is secondary only, then why does it list a damage bonus? I know it's probably just code in the game that they don't feel like changing to be correct, but I still find it funny =)
The graphic on this is wicked...I alternate between this and my tri-plated golden hackle hammer in secondary slot...TPGH looks like a CHoS, this on the otherhand is rare to see someone with. Ok stats, I have yet to aug it though.
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