"All Purpose Weapon" w/Chaos Damage?

[Val-Tur]

When I hunt a specific type of mob, I carry the matching slayer, etc. But often I run into multiple mob types on the way to or around the target mob. Over the years UO has mixed the mob types so that it is often hard to use EOO consistently or have a single slayer during a hunt. I do not like carrying every slayer on me at all times. It is just too much clutter. So I make an all purpose weapon or two to carry with me (2-3 leaches, SSI, DI, & maybe a to hit effect) - 100% physical to cover the other mobs I run into.

Since physical resist is often the highest resist of most mobs, what about using a 100% Chaos damage weapon instead of a 100% physical for an all purpose weapon? Wouldn't that make it "more" all purpose. You can always continually cast consecrate weapon. But I guess I am too lazy to do that.

 

[BeaIank]

100% chaos damage weapons are useless.
I'd rather carry 3 general purpose weapons, 100% fire, 100% cold and 100% energy instead.

With chaos damage, onslaught is useless and too often it will roll the damage type your target has high resist or is 100% invincible to (poison damage against balrons in Blackthorn, for one).

 

[CorwinXX]

I used a 100% Chaos damage Disc Mace as a "weapon without slayer". It's slightly better than a 100% physical one.
Having 3 general purpose weapons - fire, cold, energy - is a good idea, although I'd make them specific - for example - 100% energy with hit lightning, 100% fire with hit mana drain, 100% cold with spell channelling..

 

[kaio]

The color is kinda cool, but besides that they are not that usefull. If only they had excluded physical damage from the chaos list, then weapons with chaos damage would have been awesome.

 

[Merlin]

I have a few comp bows that have 100% chaos damage that work for me, but all my toons that utilize melee weapon skills have 100% elemental weapons with appropriate slayers. If you can get yourself a set of Cameos, then you can just switch back and forth between appropriate cameo and appropriate elemental weapon and should always be able to get off good amount of damage per second.

 

[NuSair]

I thought slayer talismans only worked for melee weapons?