Why wouldn't a Pali want to use this item? I know that there are no add on stats to this item, but a delay of 6 would be mad mad sickening quick.

Didn't they nerf some 1h-er a while back because it was to low of a delay?

I would just like to see a Pali swinging this with max has or above haste with bard song.

Bixie Sword Blade
LORE ITEM MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
Weight: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM
Slot: PRIMARY
Damage: 2 Delay: 6
Ratio: 3 Good
Damage Bonus: 13 (lvl 65)
Comparative Efficiency: 141
Weapon Skill: One Hand Slash
Classes: Paladin
Races: All Races
Slot 1: Type 4
Last updated: Mon Sep 22 14:16:15 2003
Rarity: Rare
Level to Attain: 60
Plane of Sky
Bazzt Zzzt (Levels: 63 - 65)

Your thoughts ???

Lopp Syded

Very fast, but the dmg/delay ratio sucks bad for a paladin weapon.

Back then, yeah. Now, not really. That 3/10 twig you're thinking of wouldn't out damage the current top end weapons, like it did back in early Kunark. Especially not for the knight classes, who get a variety of 4000 damage/20 delay weapons just to save them from rotting.

Any cool procs that you can put on there?

Moss Covered Twig.
Was 3/10 and primary equippable.
Think it was then changed to offhand, ratio changed, then eventually taken out.
I do believe there's a monk 2hb 10/15 hanging around the server somewhere.

Besides, PoP gives out an assload of riposite damage. If you hit that fast, its gonna hit you back just as fast.

Bixie Blade got nerfed to 2/16 a while back. It's pretty worthless now and about the only thing it's used for is for a Pally quest sword (Aldryn, Blade of the Ocean), which is also pretty worthless now.

back in that day i think all weapons got he same damage bonus for one handers and two handers, that weapons and moss covered twig where like the best DPS weapons, besides a procing mistwalker before all the changes.

also remeber the dps back them it was really low.

so 2 6 back before hase cap dlys ect.. it you got that minimun hit on a 3 dly. it added up fast.

It's just that when the godly 1H weapons were barely over a .5 ratio, the guaranteed damage bonus on 10 delay was unbeatable by the ratio of any other weapon available. Same as the 9/16 (.56) monk epic would out damage a 17/28 (.61) SoS in the main hand; regardless of the better ratio.

Now that a .5 ratio is trash you couldn't even give away, the damage bonus alone isn't able to make or break a 1H weapon. Probably for the best anyway. Choosing a weapon based more on its delay than its quality was so dumb.

Mobs in PoP have a much lower Armor Class than mobs in previous expansions did, so you're better off with pure ratio a lot of the time (on one handers, at least).

What about the Damage bonus of 13? Would this be a 15/6 when bonus takes effect? If so, I can't imagine something being better then a 15/6 or a 2.5/1 ratio

Damage bonus is how much damage is applied to a weapon after it strikes if I recall correctly, not an augment to the actual damage/delay ratio.

What he said.

A single base point of dmg on a weapon = 6dmg towards max hit, so a 1dmg weapon does 6 + dmg bonus in dmg, a 10dmg weapon does 60 + dmg bonus in dmg. So the max hit for a 26dmg weapon like SEM would be 156 + 13 (at 65) = 169. ( there is probably a fraction in there, like something right below 6, but 6 is pretty much a good number to go with. )

brelpedia strikes again

Also, for those that say the formula doesn't work, this is from a 65th warriors point of view, since I happen to have all the "dmg cap" levels behind me.

Brel,

You explained it perfectly. I have had a lot of people try and explain it and you did the best job on it.

Thanks

Lopp Syded

i would never use any 1hd weapon if i wanted to do dps.

if skillmods actually did something noticeable i could possibly see myself use a shield/1hd combo...maybe.

I miss the original version of MoK. That and low delay weapons. Poor pallies :/

oh you mean, the fact that i didn't have to heal any warriors/monks ever? yea why did they nerf that thing anyways? =(

Gokuu, you'd have to log on to heal anyone..!

I win.

How's your sister anyway?

shes doing fine with her husband!

You married your sister, eww:(

who wouldn't! omg