About sampire weapons making

[Tsadkiel]

I am actually imbuing my sampire weapons. I use generally an exceptionnal radiant scimitar (because of whirlwind) and I add 50 DI (to be 100 with my jewels), 62 HML, 50 HSL, a slayer property, and a little (the most possible) of another property.
So my question is : is there any interest to enhance these items as they are 100% physical damage ?
With valorite, I get physical 40%, fire 10%, cold 20%, poison 10%, energy 20%.
Thanks for your help

 

[Obsidian]

You could... but you have a very high chance of breaking the scimitar upon enhancing. Assuming you used PoF to get 255/255 on the radiant scimitar before you started, that will get kind of expensive to break. And you'll probably starting pulling your hair out after you break a few.

If I were you, I'd leave that scim be and enjoy the weapon. It sounds very nice. But if you have a very specific need for the damage output based that matches the metal type and have gold to burn, you can try it, but be forewarned.

-OBSIDIAN-

 

[Stupid Miner]

I am actually imbuing my sampire weapons. I use generally an exceptionnal radiant scimitar (because of whirlwind) and I add 50 DI (to be 100 with my jewels), 62 HML, 50 HSL, a slayer property, and a little (the most possible) of another property.
So my question is : is there any interest to enhance these items as they are 100% physical damage ?
With valorite, I get physical 40%, fire 10%, cold 20%, poison 10%, energy 20%.
Thanks for your help

To be honest, it's a lot better to imbue 45% DI or even leave it at 40, than spend the 10 crystal shards for 50%
Same with all the properties really, 90% isnt much different than 100% (except maybe HCI/DCI)

 

[pgcd]

To be honest, it's a lot better to imbue 45% DI or even leave it at 40, than spend the 10 crystal shards for 50%
Same with all the properties really, 90% isnt much different than 100% (except maybe HCI/DCI)

I totally second this - I agree so much, actually, that for secondary weapons I'm not even bothering to PoFing them up. The 200k+ for PoF are way more than the 25k for the dull runic (to craft a 30ssi weap and save on relics), the 30 or so residues and the few gems required, and it's a lot cheaper to just craft and imbue a few.

As an aside, I really think they got it all wrong with imbuing: I think you should always use some "rare" ingredient (1 every 10% intensity, maybe?), and the choice between residue, essence and relic should be dictated by intensity, instead of property. I find it silly that 1% HCI is 10 times more expensive than 18LRC, for instance.

 

[Taylor]

I wouldn't risk enhancing. If you're using consecrate weapon, it won't matter if you split damage: consecrate causes you to deal damage according to the mob's lowest resist.

 

[Farsight]

The one thing you will want to put on your scimitar is swing speed increase.

You can make up the damage increase with a few relatively inexpensive items (ring, bracelet, primer on arms damage removal, stormgrip or gauntlets of nobility), but you can't make up the swing speed increase very easily at all.

 

[Lynk]

I actually collect 100% non-phys dmg swords weapons purely for my sampire weapon arsenal.

When I need to farm something new, or find a new boss, I'll make a custom weapon for that boss based on their lowest resist and slayer type.

Last night I made a pretty sweet boura farming weapon because I'm trying to rebuild all my PvP suits with imbued armor. A double axe with 100% fire dmg SSI, di, and mana leech. 3 double shots and it goes down.

For me, it's really made PvM fun again. I can take the time to maximize my dmg output and effectiveness. Instead of whacking on a high plains boura 20 times I can drop it in 3 double strikes, all of the sudden farming 400 boura pelts only took me a couple hours instead of days.

 

[Tsadkiel]

Thank you for your help, will try to follow all that