Attainable Warrior Agro Weapon

[Slave35]

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

It's the best aggro weapon in the game.

But for raiding warriors who use hammer (clicky slow) for threat it is not a game changer.

Get a WESS best threat from lv 1

Blind aggro is different from hate aggro. Blinded enemies will attack the closest player character to them, much like Root. That is like saying that Root is the best aggro in the game. It's not, it's simply a different mechanic.

[trite]

Originally Posted by Slave35 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Blind aggro is different from hate aggro. Blinded enemies will attack the closest player character to them, much like Root. That is like saying that Root is the best aggro in the game. It's not, it's simply a different mechanic.

I think blind causes NPCs to run when they are out of melee range. Don't think it works like root at all.

[Troxx]

Originally Posted by Slave35 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Blind aggro is different from hate aggro. Blinded enemies will attack the closest player character to them, much like Root. That is like saying that Root is the best aggro in the game. It's not, it's simply a different mechanic.

I know how blind works.

Blind will make them attack anyone in melee range over anyone not in melee range, not the *closest* player. Ask any paladin who uses this for aggro when rogues hump their leg from closer proximity.

WESS is the best aggro weapon in the game because it rolls a debuff, the blind, and multiple poison counters (each component with additive stacking aggro) all into one. WESS doesn't have a great ratio (not terrible, but definitely not good). It's the strength of the proc that makes it the strongest aggro weapon in the game.

*Strongest* does not necessarily mean most ideal.

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

The serpent spine is garbage. At low levels, when you are well below 255 dex, it doesn't proc consistently enough. Weapons with good ratios are better agroe. At 50+ Infestation is just a way better weapon. Wurmslayer > Wrapped Entropy Serpent Spine.

Let me relate a story about this weapon. Once upon a time I was in a group with a warrior and a bard in Sebilis. The warrior had the serpent spine and proced early in a fight with multiple adds. The bard charmed the MOB that the warrior had proced on. The mob was then moved out of melee range. When the charm wore off 18 seconds later, it began to run like hell. All of Sebilis was attacking us shortly thereafter and we hadn't even cleared to NG yet. Moral of the story; blinding a MOB is dangerous.

The potential for problems is very real. I've personally never had a problem but I've seen it cause problems for others. Most of the time I'm using Infestation + another weapon as the raw mega-threat per proc just isn't necessary.

[bigjeff100]

Can definitely remember a time in City of Mist when my WESS proc'd and caused the golem to go off on an adventure. He met tons of friends, introduced me to them. They were dicks.

[Phenyo]

Buy infestation loot rights.

[skarlorn]

black blade of tormenting is a great rec

[MagpieRockyl]

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

black blade of tormenting is a great rec

Can dual wield since non lore. 200p for good aggro and 10/10 fashionquest.

[ScruffMacBuff]

WESS has a big aggro proc that's for sure, but aggro is just about keeping more aggro than the next guy and you don't need the obscene amounts of threat you get with a WESS when better ratios will also do the trick.

Edit-That being said, I do use my WESS in situations where I absolutely need to keep aggro such as queen bee in plane of sky or other raid type encounters. Even then I switch to Dagas after a single proc though.

[MagpieRockyl]

Switch Dagas after 1 proc? Will definitely be afk when u tank.

Mucho amore signore.

[ScruffMacBuff]

Lol that's just my offhand. Still have Infestation in primary.