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I have a 300 jeweler and tailor, so I was very excited to see that I had new recipes to make. I made several of the Elaborate and Intricate whips, saps, and fist wraps on release day, and today made some Exalted, Eminent, and Sacred weapon augments (nimble versions).
Here is my concern: Up to level 60, the weapons appear to be balanced. Past 60, why would anyone buy a crafted weapon/augment when they can get a superior SoF weapon in bazaar for much cheaper than I can even craft a weapon/augment?
I don't expect the crafted ones to be crazy better, but it would be nice if they were at least an alternative. They are barely better than Elaborate Defiant weapons (speaking of the 66-70 versions at the moment), and mainly because they have mod 2's and/or elemental damage and some sort of proc.
Maybe this is because I'm looking at it from a non-fighting class perspective (I mostly play casters), so if I'm missing something desirable here, please, tell me, because I want to feel that I didn't waste my time and plat the last few days scrouging up the gems, spinneret fluids, and so forth to make these things.
Here's my comparisons:
SoF weapon: Dawnlight Fistwraps (usually sells for 1-5k on Tunare), req 65, rec 75
At level 75 it is a damage 24, delay 20 weapon. It has a 125 damage fire based proc, its ac/hps/sps/end is very comparable to the crafted ones, its mod 2's somwhat better for a melee.
Crafted weapon: Elaborate Leather Fist Wraps, req 66, rec 70
Crafted symbol: Eminent Nimble Symbol of Thaumaturgy
Augmented, this weapon at level 70 would be a damage 16, delay 18 weapon with prismatic damage 1 added on. It has a 50 damage prismatic based proc, and I won't bore you with the rest of the stats.
So far, I'm the only one on my server to seemingly have made these (if anyone else has, they haven't put them up for sale). I'm trying to price them reasonably, taking into account what I've invested and minding that I'd like to make some sort of profit--and I have yet to sell any of this stuff. I just came back to my computer a bit ago and saw this little snippet of commentary (which is what prompted me to post):
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Per1 says ooc: "this Elaborate Leather Fist Wraps new?"
Per2 says ooc: "yeah you put augs in them to give it more damage and a proc"
Per1 says ooc: "ahh I was going to says that's horrible... like this Eminent Nimble Symbol of Integrity?"
Per2 says ooc: "even with the augs they don't have 1/1 ratios. not great by any means"
Per2 says ooc: "Fearpoint is 9k. DL Fistwraps is 1k. You decide
"
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That's really disheartening. Can someone please make me feel good about these new weapons somehow????
Here is my concern: Up to level 60, the weapons appear to be balanced. Past 60, why would anyone buy a crafted weapon/augment when they can get a superior SoF weapon in bazaar for much cheaper than I can even craft a weapon/augment?
I don't expect the crafted ones to be crazy better, but it would be nice if they were at least an alternative. They are barely better than Elaborate Defiant weapons (speaking of the 66-70 versions at the moment), and mainly because they have mod 2's and/or elemental damage and some sort of proc.
Maybe this is because I'm looking at it from a non-fighting class perspective (I mostly play casters), so if I'm missing something desirable here, please, tell me, because I want to feel that I didn't waste my time and plat the last few days scrouging up the gems, spinneret fluids, and so forth to make these things.
Here's my comparisons:
SoF weapon: Dawnlight Fistwraps (usually sells for 1-5k on Tunare), req 65, rec 75
At level 75 it is a damage 24, delay 20 weapon. It has a 125 damage fire based proc, its ac/hps/sps/end is very comparable to the crafted ones, its mod 2's somwhat better for a melee.
Crafted weapon: Elaborate Leather Fist Wraps, req 66, rec 70
Crafted symbol: Eminent Nimble Symbol of Thaumaturgy
Augmented, this weapon at level 70 would be a damage 16, delay 18 weapon with prismatic damage 1 added on. It has a 50 damage prismatic based proc, and I won't bore you with the rest of the stats.
So far, I'm the only one on my server to seemingly have made these (if anyone else has, they haven't put them up for sale). I'm trying to price them reasonably, taking into account what I've invested and minding that I'd like to make some sort of profit--and I have yet to sell any of this stuff. I just came back to my computer a bit ago and saw this little snippet of commentary (which is what prompted me to post):
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Per1 says ooc: "this Elaborate Leather Fist Wraps new?"
Per2 says ooc: "yeah you put augs in them to give it more damage and a proc"
Per1 says ooc: "ahh I was going to says that's horrible... like this Eminent Nimble Symbol of Integrity?"
Per2 says ooc: "even with the augs they don't have 1/1 ratios. not great by any means"
Per2 says ooc: "Fearpoint is 9k. DL Fistwraps is 1k. You decide
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That's really disheartening. Can someone please make me feel good about these new weapons somehow????
That's about it, though. 
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