I personally tried against the new weap using Lucerath, and i must admit that them both are basically the same thing, but i think the problem here is not the damage they have but the DPS, 35dmg in PvP means almost nothing in a combo-based meta. But DPS really does because that means that the faster you can hit, the faster you can combo, i could say that i could beat my opponent few times because i noticed that he was still leaning how to PvP, but even like that, it could consider it a threat, i really don't want to know about what someone that is already an experienced player could do with that dps difference.

Although i'm not voting for weapons to be free, because i understand that business is business, i really consider that Cinco could give new players and pvpers another chance to get Lucerath Giger weapon, because the only 2 weapons that could beat the new Hemorath weapon would be: Lucerath for their high combo rate, and guns, only if you are lucky enough not to miss the shot proc.