Damn it. Did I just make a HUGE mistake?

M/WO18.

Traded my golden Hammer of Slaying (18-34, +4 Armor, +12% over 50hp) for a golden Vampiric Hammer (18-34, +7 Armor to Fire, +13% over 50hp vs. Elemental, +3hp but -1 hp regen) and $516gold....

Looks like it was a bad idea, 470 seconds into a mission, I die, didnt know it would eat up 1hp/second.. The only way I could counter this is by using Mending, but with Mending on I can hardly use any energy and it really sucks.. Is there anything else I can do to counter this?

Monk or Mesmer?

What you could do is equip another weapon when you're not fighting and just before melee switch to the Vampiric one.

Still doesnt change the fact that I have to leave mending on for 24/7 :*(

Kills my energy supply even though Im using Gladiator Armor from head to toe with 27 energy....later on in the game I doubt Ill be using Gladiator Armor..

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Er... isn't that exactly what it does? Just keep a normal hammer on one weapon slot and switch to the other hammer only when you need it out to attack something.

And yeah... I avoid anything with minus health or energy regen like the plague.

Minus to energy isn't bad if your weapon is also + energy per hit.

+3 per hit but -1 heh, have to keep changing weapon sets.. thing is when i die and i get ressed, i die even faster the next time

Uhm, is it just me, or can't you just switch to another weapon when not fighting?
Only takes the press of a button (F2 or whatever).
Also, one health "pip"=2 health/sec
One energy "pip"=1/3 energy/sec
So you actually lose 2 health/sec, not one.

_Zexion

The real use for vampiric weapons is to boost your damage- 3 life steal per hit basically adds 3 to your weapon damage. However, you'll either have to use a skill to provide health regen(like mending) or switch weapons when you're not attacking to prevent the life degeneration from killing you.

I have the same issue with my vampiric sword...I thought it was a bug somehow...

i have full mending now, +3 regen, so it cancels out the vampiric -1 and actually becomes normal, mending is kinda waste since it kills your energy regen but luckily im using gladiator armor +7....

The vampy mod is only good with frenzy and mending.