Best 1 hand weapon for hate

[anezeudacen]

Currently using a Fury Fighter Axe and seem to be losing hate very often. Any suggestions?

[KingFu]

To get "hate" or aggro off of a weapon, you want it to have high damage to top others aggro values. I would prefer gemstone sword, may be more pricey, but it has more skill damage, and works with the set if you end up getting lucky by looting or buying one. The best, or easiest way to get "hate" or aggro, is to use taunt. Much more effective than trying to top highest value since mages and archers got you bear in the damage category:)

EDIT:

Just took into consideration that you're a pally or battle bird. In that case, it is hard at times to maintain aggro since you don't have the luxury of taunt, or the high damage of a pure int mage, or a pure dex bird. I would still use sword since most of your damage comes from your skills and the sword has 10 skill damage over the axe. Just my preference.

[Drekkthar]

By "hate" do you mean mob/targets aggro/attention? If you are a warroir/bear this shouldn't be a problem as you should have becon and taunt maxxed (level 6).

[Mr.Wallace]

Use a weapon with high damage and spam taunt... But even then, sometimes it's hard to keep aggro (hate), because birds and mages generally have higher damage than bears.

[xyoz]

is there any way to measure aggro? or how much hate you produce? is it just a counter of who is doing the most damage?

[KingFu]

Another nice choice for a weapon to get "hate"/aggro would be a bellow's item, either sword or axe. Gives you awesome crit (6 a piece) with fair dodge (8 dodge a piece?) for the cost of lower armor.

[anezeudacen]

Aye i know to tank hehe, but an example of what i mean is. If pulling a group in the shadow caves with a djinn, i always have the djinn targeted but once everything else is dead, it seems to not want to be hitting me but hitting others, even if I am taunting or using skills. Never had the problem before.

[KingFu]

is there any way to measure aggro? or how much hate you produce? is it just a counter of who is doing the most damage?

Ellyidol, Physiologic, and I all tested out aggro in lower level campaigns, we brainstormed for a while, and here is a thread with our theories on the matter:
http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?19742-Aggro-Taunt-theories.&highlight=aggro+theories

EDIT:
Ane, that thread may be helpful in answering your question. Some mobs (mainly bosses) are harder to gain their aggro than others.

[anezeudacen]

Good read, although with using a harpoon I didn't have this problem?

[anezeudacen]

I don't use the fury fighter set, I use the Royal sewer helm and armor, with fury fighter axe and shield. I was under the assumptions these are closer to the "best" stats for a pure tank until crafting. I was told to get the axe because it was more dmg, was I misinformed?

[Vachdaddy]

I have used your exact setup with the sewer and fury mix. Its a very good tank set and much more cost friendly than full fury set. As a tank you can rarely hold all aggro in mobs and sometimes boss also. There are alot of factors one must consider most of them have been covered for the most part. The only thing I didnt see is how are you spec? Pure str or str/dex. For my bear I use two str booster sets to have alot of points in dex to have higher dps and hit %. For me this seems to help hold aggro better than pure str. However you lose some health to deal more damage and still be able to be a good tank. Im in no way an expert nor do I claim to be. What works for me may not work for someone else due to play style. Anyway just trying to help a fellow player out.

[KingFu]

I don't use the fury fighter set, I use the Royal sewer helm and armor, with fury fighter axe and shield. I was under the assumptions these are closer to the "best" stats for a pure tank until crafting. I was told to get the axe because it was more dmg, was I misinformed?

"Best" set up for a str bear IMO.

Axe has a higher base damage and DPS (Axe damage: 108-128, Damage Sword damage: 112-120. Thanks to Yanis) however the sword has 10 more skill damage (10 more on each skill, so I prefer the sword strongly)

[Mr.Wallace]

I don't use the fury fighter set, I use the Royal sewer helm and armor, with fury fighter axe and shield. I was under the assumptions these are closer to the "best" stats for a pure tank until crafting. I was told to get the axe because it was more dmg, was I misinformed?

An axe has higher weapon damage, a sword has higher skill damage. When tanking you will likely have more use of skill damage, most of the damage should come from your skills, so from slashes, stomps and so on. That's why sword should be the better - and much more expensive - choice.

[Mr.Wallace]

"Best" set up for a str bear IMO.

Axe has a higher base damage and DPS (Axe damage: 108-128, Damage Sword damage: 112-120. Thanks to Yanis) however the sword has 10 more skill damage (10 more on each skill, so I prefer the sword strongly)

Aaaaargh, you beat me twice in one thread! I'm getting sooo slow without the game...

[anezeudacen]

I am dual spec STR/DEX, i follow the dex 139 guide. I only switch when there is another bear or at a boss that doesnt hit hard (Queen)

[anezeudacen]

Axe has a higher base damage and DPS (Axe damage: 108-128, Damage Sword damage: 112-120. Thanks to Yanis) however the sword has 10 more skill damage (10 more on each skill, so I prefer the sword strongly)

So since we only need about 6 m/s(probably less since GCD) a bodyguard sword would be more efficient than the Axe?

[Drekkthar]

Sword has higher skill damage, axe higher reg swing damagw. Not a big diff since you arent shooting for set bonus.