Since the old sword stuns and lava procs on normal attack you should at least give the new sword some damage-base-stats-update compared to the old one! When you want to get rid of the old OP lava proc you have to give the new sword more skill damage!
Many players already pointed out that the proc-damage of old sword with the stun is OP, not the damage output of warrior skills! The axe throw damage difference between l46 sword and l56 sword is like 2% ! Imho the difference should be at least 15%.
Without that damage buff the old sword still overpowers the new one that much, that nobody will use it even after your planned changes! We are not speaking about progression that 10 levels should reflect but at least to make the new weapon equal to the old one!
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