Looks like the sword that drops off of Travenro the Skygazer isn't exactly the same as this. It is called Katana of Enduring Stone, and has slightly worse stats. Not sure if the original Katana of Endurance still drops from revamped VP.
The point is not whether one class can out-damage another class or who can beat whom. The point is that the person behind each character knows what role their character should be playing!
If a ranger is outdamaging a warrior, for example, in a raid situation, more likely than not said ranger will die. The hitpoints and armor class bonuses warriors get are that way for a reason: so they can stand there and get hit while everyone else is doing what they are supposed to do to take the mob down. Once people realize that it's not a competition and let the warriors keep aggro, the better. Just my two cp.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Jun 05 2001 at 5:26 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Ok over all this argument and dicusion i say this weapon is a very good twink for lvl 33 warrior whivh have right now i would love this weapon instead of yak i have right now so this weapn get and overall rating of Average!!!!
#REDACTED,
Posted:Jul 07 2001 at 3:31 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I really hope that was meant to be a joke, if not you are an idiot
#REDACTED,
Posted:Jan 25 2001 at 6:38 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Its a decent off hand weapon for a warrior, about on par with the epic except the epic is better from effect. For main hand its junk, however, jade mace, lamentation, bloodpoint are all far superior. For a pally stave of shielding is much better not to mention some of the pally only 1hs weapons so for a VP drop to be an "ok" offhand weapon only is awfully disappointing.
a better ratio than jade mace, ac bonus, some resists, some hp, and stats, and it is light enough that it wont kill your end, and it is junk? monty hall much?
#REDACTED,
Posted:Apr 30 2002 at 11:10 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) this is junk huh? can you lead a raid into vp and kill this dragon ? do you have your epic? have you ever achive better loot than this ? if you answer is no and most important if you are still under lvl 50 go pu ome lvl under you belt lead a raid or get you epic and maybe then will you have the rigth to say this is junk other wise shaddup
Its very nice weapon.. come on, this is even better than morning, GB, or even wurm for paladin. 18att 30delay itself already beat GB and morning sword ratio. 10ac +10dex +10sta +20hp? ***** wurm in the ear.. Personally, i always take +1ac than +5str item. And gosh.. please post something usefull, its sicken me to compare 1hs item with other 1hb or pierce.
i dunno, i think i would take u on with my SoM and you could use this and i would win...Stun is sooo key =) and i can handle the dmg/spd ratio difference. its hardly any different But at any rate this sword still rocks
#Anonymous,
Posted:Jan 26 2001 at 4:51 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Its a nice weapon, would be better if they had the normal +STR on it, or more AC.
well it is nice, it does drop from a dragon after all :) sure it doesnt have STR, but what does a warrior -really- need? AC, AC, and more AC. Then Stamina and HP, cause what does a warrior do best? eat damage. they cant out-damage a monk or rogue (the other 2 main melee classes) but they sure as hell can take a hit (if properly equipped) better then a monk or rogue. give the warriors ac and hp and the rogues str. and if you are a paladin or shadowknight then the same applies to you as well (ac and hp) and rangers...well...im not sure where they fit in just yet. i guess if there are no rogues or monks they can deal damage.
On the contrary. Warriors *need* to deal as much damage as they can.
Besides, rumor has it that AC hits a "soft cap" around 1000 or 1100, and any warrior around 55 with good gear can get above 1000. Soemone with uber loot like the large cobalt pieces (greaves, breastplate) or a handful of skyshrine or kael quest armors could top 1100. So
strength, stamina, +hp, and agility are all more valuable then ac, if the rumors of the ac cap are true.
If you're in Veeshan's it is extremely unlikely that one needs to be concerned about ninja looters. Any guild going in there is going to be a well organized high level guild comprised of experienced players (not e-bay chars). Ninja loots don't occur (or VERY rarely) in circumstances such as these.