08-21-2022, 11:17 PM
(08-21-2022, 10:54 PM)CrystikRage Wrote: Nerf book or buff other weapons. Yes, it was only introduced today. Yes, it is in fact that strong. It is instantly both the most accessible 200+ weapon on the market for mages, and the best one on the market, unless you're *really* pushing for that 4 extra pow. Let's do some comparisons.
Master Staff - 25 pow. Twice the Ori, and add 6 Myth. Both are mythical in their rarity rn, and in their price. I see Ori sell for 1500-2000, and I see Myth sell for similar prices.
Exalted Staff - 30 pow. Again, 6 Ori, and 6 Arcanium, which runs about 20k a piece right now.
Book - 26 pow, -50 weight. 3 Ori, and 30 leather (lmao it could be 300 and it'd still be a fraction of the price compared to the weapons posted above). I will die on the hill that 5% CDR is worth more than 4 pow. It's outright stronger than the master staff, while costing literally a quarter of the price.
I suppose we could bring in the big staff, the Scepter, which is 9 Nyeshk and 9 Tyrium (why is it so expensive holy hell), for +35 pow and +50 weight. Is 9 pow worth a 10% CD difference? I'm unsure. Probably not, when you can reach 300+ without it.
On that note, maybe it would be worth looking at the Nyeshk and Tyrium melee weapons, which give large amounts of weight in exchange for marginal increases in physical power. The Nyeshk greatsword gives +10 power and +40 phys in exchange for +50 weight, and the Tyrium warhammer gives +10 power and +30 phys in exchange for +30 weight.
However, melee is dependent on CDR. Without CDR you can't move in, you can't set up your combos, you can't do a damn thing. Compare them to an Arcanium sword which is +20 power + 25 phys while being weightless, and Nyeshk has a mere 5 power difference. Even if you might do a bit more damage, is that worth not being able to keep the pressure on? After all, pressure is everything.
Both of these weapons are worse in every way than even Mythril, I would argue. They should probably be looked at.