I got my epic on live around Luclin. Ended up picking a Lance if Thunder too. I remember using the epic a lot on raids to help with the supplemental healing (AE’s, occasional hit, etc). Frankly didn’t parse the two though.
It’s still a very viable weapon on P99. Maybe not “the best” but for looks, stats, and self-healing it’s pretty hard to beat. Prob is it’s a time/money sink and possible pain in the ass for people in high end guilds. For filthy casuals like me it’s not possible. You can buy a Reaver from 12-15k and I saw a Narandi on sale recently for 15k. Some people have the option of just looting something on par. I guess it really depends on your capacity to complete a difficult epic quest and how much you want it.
Discounting a sk’s dps completely is a slippery slope because you gear like a toolbox. Since knights aren’t employed to DPS it’s also not worth debating them compared to proper classes. Apples to apples a NTOV monk or rogue will do way more damage and even have the advantage of not facing the mob. We didn’t find some type of 20 year loophole where a class with inferior skill caps is actually a better dps class.
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