Plik said:Any1 got a good thane template with SoK? :worthy:
Eithor said:Why you want sok(sword) when hammers got more than decent love in the patch that hit us in a couple of days?
Here is the official Thane (TL) forum, there you got lots of temps etc:
http://www.loreguild.com/thanes/index.php
Eithor said:SoK IS looking great and it'sa great weapon, no doubt about it
However if you want to try to go "2-handed" Thane (50sc, 50weapon, 27parry and 10shield), it's possible to dish out 900-1300 damage in one swing(without crit, with crit 1500+ dmg is possible), thats just not possible with sword or axe, since only the Thane Hammerline got that kind of love.
Thus to chose sword or axe over hammer for looks, might not be the best idea
Eithor said:The 39 hammerstyle dd proc will dmg for about 140-160, with good template, the right ra's and the thane melee-buff energy debuff proccing it's very possible to get that proc to do 200+ dmg, now thats not too uber, still it's a very nice boost to dmg(that will be 400-500 dmg all in all, with one-hander alone, on crush weak targets).
The positional or the anytime 2nd in a chain(don't remember which one atm) will hit for about 100+ extra dmg.
I used to run around with 48sc, 42shield(+18), 34sword(+18), parry24(+18).
On top of that i had moblock4 and moparry4 and dex 330+, also i did use SoK as one hander mainly.
It was nice, and i'd like to keep my sword spec, but I feel strongly that hammer will outperform sword, for a thane.
Eithor said:Sword more dmg and Hammer more utility, that has been (more or less) the view.
Has hammer lost it's utility? no
Has Sword gained utility? no
Has Sword gained dmg? no
Has hammer gained dmg? yes
Sure you/anyone don't have to spec hammer, sword or axe will work.
Sure you dont have to spec StormCalling either as a thane, go 50hammer, 42shield, parry32 and sc23(for utility-interrupts etc), it could work, actually as a soloer/duoer or even a grp bg'er it could work very well.
Does it mean you get the most bang for the buck out of your Thane?
Nope.
Same with a reaver, a reaver don't HAVE to spec flex, however not to spec it is about as wise as for a warrior to spec throw.
Now i agree that flex>thane hammer styles, due to its easy to spam those high dd proc styles etc.
Likewise for a Thane hammer > sword/axe.