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I've made a spreadsheet in which you can see the impact of powerups, slices, skill speed mods, specials delay, damage increase with specials...

It takes some getting used to but I find it works very nice... all info is in the following spreadsheet:

http://users.pandora.be/Kriffith/2%20handed%20best%20weapon.xls

Will you guys let me know what you think about it?

Also i've calculated that when you get master brawler that the powerhammer becomes the best weapon.... But even then you can see that a speed slice is better than a damage slice....

if you see any flaws in my theory, please let me know ok?

Kriffith

In PvP, a damage sliced powerhammer is going to be your best bet... because if you hit the first time, you won't need a second hit.

There are times when damage per second is more important than damage per shot... but if you can kill on the first shot, as you often can in PvP with a powerhammer, that's far better than dps. That's why commandos use flamethrowers with cone 2. When everyone else is already dead, who cares if you can't shoot for another 12 seconds?

Don't underestimate the advantage of front-loading damage. A 1000 damage, 10s delay weapon will kill a 1000 HAM target in 0s, and a 100 damage, 1s weapon will take 10s to kill the same target.

Furthermore, bleeding is huge. IMO as a player, bleeding is very overpowered at the moment. Power Hammers will allow you to lay down roughly twice the bleeding. Against a big target like a krayt that is incredibly valuable.

Also, get skill tapes if you can. I have +20 accuracy, +10 damage, +10 speed, +11 counterattack, all from tapes (while wearing full armor). It rocks. =-)

StGabe.

"because if you hit the first time, you won't need a second hit."

The very key phrase there is "if you hit the first time"

What you're leaving out is if you miss the first time you're dead as a doornail. And that is a serious down fall. You have to present the full picture.

Besides that, put some armor and buffs on the target and it just doesnt matter how hard you hit, you're not going to 1shot anyone. Then it is about DPS, not how hard you hit the first time. And the curved sword wins there when pure numbers are figured, but when you put in dmg mitigation, and the fact that a weapon that never misses NPCS will often miss in pvp quit often the cleaver and 2handed axe often end up becoming the best pvp weapons for accuracy and small dmg range combination.

If you could garantee that every fight ended with 1 swing that would be one thing, but you cant so you have to assume you're going to make multiple swings, figure in dmg mitigation on the end gamers (which is the majority of the pvpers) and dmg avoidance like melee defense and dodge/block/counter

It's amazing how many people just look at the biggest number and go "thats it!! that's the best"

Like with the republic blaster vs scatter i still see bh who take the republic even tho its dps and dmg type are both inferior in most cases.

I find its rare to miss with the powerhammer at master swordsman ... you can have the odd bit of bad luck, but its rare.

Also I find that the ham cost with the curved sword is too high... I may have to use 3 specials with the curved sword to equal one hit with my power hammer.

Blast damage is very important

PH mind bleeds are far better than ones using a curved sword.

I've a 35% dmg sliced PH and a 35% dmg sliced 2h curved sword, and I nearly always use my PH

If I could cut through 3k worth of mind on my first shot with my hammer I'd use it too. Thing is people that run around PvPing aren't going to leave their mind unbuffed, and then there is no chance for a one shot kill. If they're a master melee profession then you can really forget the one shot kill. I'd go for a nice consistent dmg and good speed. Which is why I'm now trying out the cleaver. Sure you could still use your hammer for the bleeds if that's your thing, but I'd switch after that.