Weapon Normalization

[ima_nerd]

Since animations also appear to be faster with faster weapons, there's the additional benefit for ranged that faster weapons improve mobility. This has always been a huge deal in the Diablo series, and I highly doubt too many ranged are going to favor slow weapons just from the better ability to "run and gun" with fast weapons.

Hmm. I admit I haven't given it too much thought but I was thinking a slower weapon would benefit run-n-gun more due to attack speed not being dependent on the weapon but your situation. If I'm running away from mobs and can only afford to turn around and pop off 1 shot every 2 seconds (due to my run speed vs the mob's), I would think a slower weapon would fare better. At the least I see it boiling down to being basically the same. I guess I need to test out how quickly you can get that 1 shot off with different weapons. Is there no "rest" period between shots on slower weapons? Does the animation actually occupy the entire time between attacks?