Why do martial weapons have better caster mods than caster weapons?

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

14 May 2007 at 11:42 - 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by makosi
As good as a caster looks with a sword, I've never been a fan of martial weapons on them. The best use of martial weaponry for a caster is for energy hiding.

If you use an Insightful Staff you have a net increase of 15 energy. A +5 energy sword + +12 energy Focus Item gives *gasp* another two energy. Yes, you could have the +60 health set which is a bonus but, personally, the 20% universal recharge seems superior to me.

From that last sentence it is fair to conclude that it's entirely up to personal preference.

I remember the days crying about of the HoD and people paying a fortune for them. Good times.
Depends on what you are casting, and what you are playing. A character with small recharges (monks) can sit in a martial/shield set giving them higher armor and reducing pressure on them to an extent while still remaining effective; as can most other classes, simply swapping to a set with specific mods to cast efficiently (cast/recharge for lod, aegis, etc).

Staves are not the greatest as they aren't as defensive as Martial/shield, and do not have the casting benefits of double recharges - there are only a few situations where they are more effective than weaponswapping.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

14 May 2007 at 11:57 - 42
Quote:
Originally Posted by SotiCoto
Wands and Foci... each with 20% faster cast and recharge of specific spell type...
Staves are the only way to get a 20% universal recharge, plus another 10% on top of that. Its fairly narrow to have a character specced in that many skills that need the recharge, and use them in quick succession to prohibit set swapping, but there you go.

PyrAnkh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Lowbird Academy [LoW]

W/

14 May 2007 at 13:00 - 43
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ludo
Yeah, I agree. My Wammo (who is actually quite a Sophisticated Wammo) grimaces when I try to put a 20% enchants +5 Energy weapon in her hands. I would go out on a limb and say that only spellcasters use these things, almost without expecption. But oh well. It's not really a big deal at this point. However I do think that Loki is right and they should be reversed, 5^50 and +5e unconditional. Seems to make more sense.
Actually, burning arrow rangers and cripshots tend to use +5e weapons as well. I cant think of a warrior that would use +5e, but im sure theres builds. Maybe w/rt with ashes?