09-22-2005, 02:11 PM
Might be nice to start a list for people - items most impacted. Note that this is my opinion for the cutoff, and I don't deem 1.8 daggers to be "most" impacted by a 1.7/1.8 difference. I'm just gonna do 1Hs for now
Negatively:
Daggers -
Rank 14 Dagger
Barman Shanker
Fang of the Faceless
Swords -
Rank 14 Sword
Teebu's Blazing Longsword (which no one has anyway :P)
Sword of Zeal
Dal'Rends Sacred Charge
Krol Blade
WSG Reward Sword
Ebon Hilt of Marduk
Assassination Blade
Bloodrazor
Maces -
Rank 14 Mace
Empryean Demolisher
Aurastone Hammer (good, it doesn't belong to meleers!)
AV Mace
Mass of McGowan
Axes -
Rank 14 Axe
AV Reward Axe
Axe of the Deep Woods
Demonfork
Rivenspike
Notice a trend here? Blizzard got shoehorned in their PvP rewards because of the stupidity of the old system. Maybe now Blizzard will diversify the PvP rewards with different (faster) speeds.
Positively:
Daggers -
Fang of the Mystics (whoops)
Alcor's Sunrazor
Sorcerous Dagger (whoops)
Scarlet Kris
Gift of the Elven Magi (whoops)
Darrowspike
Finkle's Skinner
Fang of Venoxis (whoops)
Bonescraper
Blade of the New Moon (whoops)
Frightalon
Shadowblade
Dire Nail of ....
Julie's Dagger
Swords -
Quel'Serrar
Blackguard
Warblade of the Hakkari
Bloodlord's Defender
Bloodcaller (whoops)
Mindcarver (whoops)
Silent Fang
Mirah's Song
Blazing Rapier
Maces -
Hand of Edward the Odd (whoops)
Masterwork Stormhammer
Bludstone Hammer
The Cruel Hand of Timmy *ahem, Darian*
Venomspitter
Serenity
Hammer of Expertise
Rubidian Hammer
Axes -
Ancient Hakkari Manslayer
Iceblade Hacker
Annihilator
Bone Slicing Hatchet
Serathil
Hedgecutter
Soulbreaker
Dawn's Edge
Flurry Axe
You see that? All those "whoops"? Blizzard was saying "caster item" by giving it a faster speed. Now they'll have to be even faster after this change to effectively stay out of the hands of meleers.
Also, note that though these are the items nerfed/buffed the most, the weapons that truly shine now are the ones with the highest DPS, but were just faster than other (lower DPS) weapons. The AV blue daggers are now the best blues in the game, and Heartseeker is now 2nd.
On other observation, from the 2H realm - Shadowstrike/Thunderstrike just got a huge boost in relative rankings of weapons, as did Blackfury.
Negatively:
Daggers -
Rank 14 Dagger
Barman Shanker
Fang of the Faceless
Swords -
Rank 14 Sword
Teebu's Blazing Longsword (which no one has anyway :P)
Sword of Zeal
Dal'Rends Sacred Charge
Krol Blade
WSG Reward Sword
Ebon Hilt of Marduk
Assassination Blade
Bloodrazor
Maces -
Rank 14 Mace
Empryean Demolisher
Aurastone Hammer (good, it doesn't belong to meleers!)
AV Mace
Mass of McGowan
Axes -
Rank 14 Axe
AV Reward Axe
Axe of the Deep Woods
Demonfork
Rivenspike
Notice a trend here? Blizzard got shoehorned in their PvP rewards because of the stupidity of the old system. Maybe now Blizzard will diversify the PvP rewards with different (faster) speeds.
Positively:
Daggers -
Fang of the Mystics (whoops)
Alcor's Sunrazor
Sorcerous Dagger (whoops)
Scarlet Kris
Gift of the Elven Magi (whoops)
Darrowspike
Finkle's Skinner
Fang of Venoxis (whoops)
Bonescraper
Blade of the New Moon (whoops)
Frightalon
Shadowblade
Dire Nail of ....
Julie's Dagger
Swords -
Quel'Serrar
Blackguard
Warblade of the Hakkari
Bloodlord's Defender
Bloodcaller (whoops)
Mindcarver (whoops)
Silent Fang
Mirah's Song
Blazing Rapier
Maces -
Hand of Edward the Odd (whoops)
Masterwork Stormhammer
Bludstone Hammer
The Cruel Hand of Timmy *ahem, Darian*
Venomspitter
Serenity
Hammer of Expertise
Rubidian Hammer
Axes -
Ancient Hakkari Manslayer
Iceblade Hacker
Annihilator
Bone Slicing Hatchet
Serathil
Hedgecutter
Soulbreaker
Dawn's Edge
Flurry Axe
You see that? All those "whoops"? Blizzard was saying "caster item" by giving it a faster speed. Now they'll have to be even faster after this change to effectively stay out of the hands of meleers.
Also, note that though these are the items nerfed/buffed the most, the weapons that truly shine now are the ones with the highest DPS, but were just faster than other (lower DPS) weapons. The AV blue daggers are now the best blues in the game, and Heartseeker is now 2nd.
On other observation, from the 2H realm - Shadowstrike/Thunderstrike just got a huge boost in relative rankings of weapons, as did Blackfury.
Trade yourself in for the perfect one. No one needs to know that you feel you've been ruined!