04-25-2006, 09:58 AM
I think of the +feral attack power as part of the item in the same way it's basic DPS is. For bear form equiping this is like a warrior going from a 50.6 DPS two-hander to a 60.6 DPS one. Looked at that way, the Mace's only bonus is the +damage - it's a caster focused item with a few physical stats. I'll admit that 99% of all weapons having the modifier 'the DPS of this item is useless to a feral Druid' does distort the picture somewhat :D
So it is a nice item, but given the chance to do the quest twice and select from a wider range of class appropriate rewards I'd take a pure healer item once (eg. the equivalent priest reward) and a pure feral reward (eg. Hammer of Bestial Fury) once and switch between them depending on the situation. I (like many, perhaps most druids) collect and carry several sets of specialist gear. Hence my switching class epic, intended to be good at each role rather than a rarely-used showpiece (once equivalently powerful items specialised in each role have been obtained).
So it is a nice item, but given the chance to do the quest twice and select from a wider range of class appropriate rewards I'd take a pure healer item once (eg. the equivalent priest reward) and a pure feral reward (eg. Hammer of Bestial Fury) once and switch between them depending on the situation. I (like many, perhaps most druids) collect and carry several sets of specialist gear. Hence my switching class epic, intended to be good at each role rather than a rarely-used showpiece (once equivalently powerful items specialised in each role have been obtained).