Uber upgrade?

[Baajikiil]

There are a lot better one handed weapons in terms of damage

Yes, there are. And many of them are obtainable for the runes required to upgrade the heartcarver(if you trade). It *is* a pretty decent weapon though. Throw it on a fanatic zealot and add 60 IAS or so, and you'll be set for hell. It's pretty awful for a WW though.

It's just that the cost of runes is most likely not worth it, even in the pally's case(I suppose in single player if you have nothing better it might be).

And please, it's hard to legitly compare anything to BoTD. Unless you are trading in duped runes, BoTD is a fantasy weapon to a normal player. Even Azurewrath is above and beyond someone who is asking about upgrading heartcarver(they are unlikely to be planning on lvl 85 before they can use their main weapon).