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cR4zY-n^

Frost Gate Guardian

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02 Jul 2006 at 10:28 - 1

Hi all,

I am curios what would majority of people and why choose from this 2 dmg mods on sword/axe/hammer/bow/daggers?

I know 15-10(while attacking) could be the best, but I am wondering particulary between those two in topic name. My opinion goes for 15-5. It's elite and better, but cuts energy a bit. Thx in advance.

milan

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02 Jul 2006 at 10:35 - 2

I run a general adrenaline build most of the time, for me the 15 -5 is the clear winner for that one although I can see benefits for 15>50 as most healer types won't allow you to be under 50% health for long anyhow.

brute blake

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02 Jul 2006 at 10:54 - 3

When i play warrior i usually take a stance or 2 so i prefer the 15^50 just so i know i have some energy for my stances

Leddy

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02 Jul 2006 at 10:58 - 4

Most people prefer 15^50.

cR4zY-n^

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02 Jul 2006 at 11:09 - 5

Dunno, I think that with glads+knights boots you get like 26-27 energy -5 is still enough? :x

brute blake

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02 Jul 2006 at 11:10 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by cR4zY-n^

Dunno, I think that with glads+knights boots you get like 26-27 energy -5 is still enough? :x

I play hammer also sometimes so yeah sometime not enough

cR4zY-n^

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02 Jul 2006 at 11:13 - 7

I was wondering this becasue I see some fancy weapons going really expensive and those are 15-5energy or 15-10armor.

Sagaris

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02 Jul 2006 at 12:56 - 8

15>50 all the way for me. A Glads armor is meant for the energy, so why get a -5 energy weapon then, that totally destroys your armor function. And well... -10 armor on a warrior, lol.

Ventius Hozza

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02 Jul 2006 at 13:02 - 9

If you're a hammer warrior, especially a metagame build in PvP, 15-5 is not an option. You're pretty much always on the energy limit anyways and that -5always doesnt help.

For all weapons, I prefer 15/-10

-LiamB

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02 Jul 2006 at 13:27 - 10

If you dont use alot of energy 15/5

If you don't loose alot of health/ under 50% alot of the time, 15^50.

-LiamB

Faer

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02 Jul 2006 at 16:13 - 11

For my Warrior, who often plays a Swordsman, I will choose a blade with 15^50 or +15% (while in stance), depending on the situation. If I am going to be using stances near constantly, then I will take the +15% (while in stance) blade. If I am going to be doing more of a spike concept, then I will go for the 15^50. Even running an Adrenaline based build, it's always nice to have the max energy you can get for that special energy-reliant skill in your bar.

My Ranger, on the other hand, is quite fond of +15% damage, -5 energy bows. I wear Druid's Armor, so while weilding my -5 energy bow, I have a total of 27 energy. This is more than enough for my Archery build to work with; I rarely, if ever, run into energy problems. Though I will say that I weapon-swap with the green vampiric Ironwing Longbow; so my max energy fluctuates between 27 and 32 quite often.

In the end, it's all a matter of personal preference, and build design.

Spike

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Kai

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02 Jul 2006 at 17:41 - 12

Well my warrior uses a +15% while enchanted sword and my ranger has a number of bows which I swap between from +15 while enchanted to 15^50 depening on build.

cR4zY-n^

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03 Jul 2006 at 12:44 - 13

So, nevertheless we all agree that despite 15^50 and 15-5 being good, 15-10(armor) is like, best and most expensive? :>

Turbobusa

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03 Jul 2006 at 12:49 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagaris

15>50 all the way for me. A Glads armor is meant for the energy, so why get a -5 energy weapon then, that totally destroys your armor function. And well... -10 armor on a warrior, lol.

was about to post that

I use 15 stance too

Martin darkbow

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03 Jul 2006 at 12:54 - 15

Not all think so. Personally I think -10 armor is the worst u can have as warrior since u take like 10% more damage(if not more) while attacking and warriors are all about armor.

I prefer 15^50 mostly myself but I can imagine adranaline builds prefering the 15/-5 mods....

Draxx

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03 Jul 2006 at 13:06 - 16

15>50 always as your base weapon, even if you run a build which is good for a certain mod weapon, a 15>50 weapon will still work fantastically. and have a 20<50 as a back up weapon and switch during battle.

The new mods are there to provide more variety in my oppinion, they always intended 15>50 to remain the primary mod that people looked for. this may be a fairly obvious thing to say. But seeing as the title of this thread seems to be asking which is better i felt it needed to be said.

15>50 Always - With a Backup Weapon with 20<50 if your that fussed.

But i would never advise Compromising your armor or your energy for a 15% increase in damage mod.

Say you have a 15%-5 and you run a Adrenaline setup... YES it may be a perfect mod for your current build. but then how is 15>50 not perfect either? as your health is going to be above 50% the majority of the time. if it is not switch weapons.

If you couldnt switch your weapons in mid combat it would be another story, but you can. so utilise what you have instead of putting yourself at a disadvantage

Obviously its not all as simple as that, But you get the point.

Aera

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03 Jul 2006 at 13:20 - 17

15>50
15 in a stance

^^ My winners

cR4zY-n^

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03 Jul 2006 at 14:23 - 18

Thx all.

Yanman.be

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03 Jul 2006 at 14:43 - 19

20 while hexed ftw

Alias_X

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03 Jul 2006 at 14:49 - 20

15>50, because I can almost always count on having more than 50% health.

Haggard

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03 Jul 2006 at 15:41 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aera

15>50
15 in a stance

^^ My winners

I agree, I have 2 'stat types' of which I have a sword and axe of each

1 - general purpose:
3/-1 vamp
15^50
+30 hp

2 - tigers fury and solo builds
zealous
15% stance
+5 armour