Hahaha. Wow. Looking at the stats for the new warrior mythic sword/sheild made me chuckle with deep sadness inside. What a freaking joke of a mythic weapon.
1. 84.3 DPS is worse than the DPS of a conquerors wall of assault lvl 41 (86.6 DPS). So go try pvping with a conquerors wall of assault in PVP right now and see how effectively you can kill. Thats the damage you will be wielding with when using this new mythic warrior weapon.
This is the wrong mindset to have when considering a sword and shield as your primary weapon. This game has always obligated its warriors to accumulate both a PvE and PvP set of armor/jewelry/weapons. If PvP is your primary passion, then there's no need to even look at this weapon to add to your arsenal. EDIT: Although, sword and shield warriors do have their role in CTF PvP, in my opinion
2. 304 armor. Is only a +57 to armor compared to the 247 armor of vigilant pavise of fitness (
Level 31 mythic weapon)
Agreed, a bit disappointed as well. +90-100 would have made me much happier. However, as Crow and Hectorius both pointed out, the rate at which the warrior gets hit in Tindrin is much lower that that of Krakken, Nordr and Shuyal. There are less mobs per pull, but they certainly hit much harder. Therefore a good balance of armor and HP is required for this expansion - with a little more weight leaning towards HP - which this weapon offers loads of. From my own experience, I am finding sheer HP to be better increasing my survivability in Tindrin compared to prior campaigns.
3. The proc I have no idea what to think.
I am not entirely enthused about the proc. Pavise proc is much, much better. However, I do realize the items in the game need to remain unique and not stay the same season after season. This proc definitely spells out the fact that this weapon is meant for PvE. I haven't tried it yet so I'm not really qualified to comment much more on the proc.
4. The fact that rogue and mages weapons have some kind of return (mana or health) with attack....while warrior weapon has none.
A life/mana siphon would have been a really cool proc. Sure, the typical response is always "just spam pots"... but I like your idea.
Explain to me why would any warrior spend top dollar on this weapon.
Keep in mind that every time devs release a new mythic, there are suggestions, complaints, and sometimes the occasional bug. Instead of us immediately ranting, we need to find the flaws and point them out to STS - with statistics, video, comparisons, etc. They will listen to our feedback, and make the appropriate adjustments if we present our concerns reasonably. When the pavise was released, I pointed out to Carapace that the striking range was absurdly low (probably a code error). With a little bit of proof and suggestions, it was patched the next day.
I would certainly buy this for 3 reasons: 1) I do not care about PvP in AL, and 2) I love running elites. This weapon was obviously designed for elite maps - and trust me, we needed this upgrade from pavise. 3) I bet you this weapon will be tweaked a bit.
As for you PvP lovers out there looking for a new weapon - just be patient. Like last season, I am sure a mythic 2her will be released in a few months.
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