Returning Player Questions

    Some questions as a returning player:

    (1) Apart from the weakness condition, there are very few skills that reduce attributes (i can only think of shadow theft and wail of doom). When selecting a weapon for a build, ideally the required weapon mastery should be at most (actual weapon mastery - 1), right? (e.g. r11 dagger with dagger mastery 12) Or is there any additional benefit of having a lower requirement?

    (2) Are there any "great" builds with weapon mastery <12? The only one i can think of is Dervish - Vow of Strength.

    (3) Regarding "7 Hero offensive Mesmerway": This setup has 3 domination mesmers. Would it be worse if using 2 domination and 1 illusion mesmer? (i want 1 setup that works well in general)

    (4) Are gold weapons more valuable than purple ones, even the stats are exactly the same?

    1) exactly right - no benefit to have a lower requiremwnt as long as it is met. the lower req is more a thing of prestige.

    2) I guess you are specifically asking for weapon damage builds - because else spellcasting builds would be an easy answer :D for weapon builds you have illusory weaponry, that entirely replace your weapon damage, so the weapon attri is irrelevant. also other builds that mainly deal damage through skill damage from skills other than from the weapon attri. for example a warrior that brings strength skills to deliver the damage. if those are great... I think it is more about the joy of trying something different and good or not good might be situational.

    4) as foe amarket value - yes: youcan barely sell purple items even if they are q8 you will have amuch harder time selling and way less cash to expect. as for functionality it does not make any difference.

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    Thanks for your answer.

    (2) I see the point for most weapons that there can be builds where you want to have just enough points in the weapon mastery to meet the requirement. Maybe daggers are the exception. Can't imagine dagger mastery < 12 would be all that useful.

    (4) Well, that's sad. I got a nice drop but sadly it's purple.