Ranger weapon with Swiftwind

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by darkreap [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cecily, could you elaborate on what you said in your above post? It looks like the fayguard parrying dagger would only have a damage/delay ratio of about 0.92 after epic haste and cloak haste are applied. The wurmslayer looks to have damage/delay ratio of about 1.09. Would the higher damage of the fayguard parrying dagger be due to the faster attacks with damage bonus of main hand?

So this is why selecting a primary is more complicated than an offhand. Pure ratio is the only consideration for an offhand, for the most part. Damage bonus messes that all up so you need that formula Ele and I used when picking a primary. The bonus gets applied on every attack, so a lower delay = more damage from sheer number of hits. So fast AND good ratio is what we're looking for in primary.

See how the Edge of the Night Walker, Scim of the Emerald Dawn, and Wurmslayer perform at 60 and notice how these slow, high ratio weapons are bad for primary later on.