Honestly, stop saying new arcane weapons are just for "variety" if they end up being worse than old or lower level ones. what's the point of adding new stuff if it's not even usable in real gameplay? it's a waste of time and effort grinding or spending plat on items that just sit in inventory.
Take the rusk sword from last year, it had a crazy mob pull and actually felt worth using. Now you release the rusk shield, but the pull is super weak and almost useless. Both are endgame weaps, they should at least be on the same level of impact. Calling it "variety" doesn’t justify making new weapons that are clearly underpowered.
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