WOOT got 8 tome pieces--PHOSPHOR RANT ON

[Arjuna]

greetings fellow argo-mabarians

i recently got my 8 tome pieces after much haggling, trading , hoarding etc... and man was i excited

i was so elated to get my weapon--i saw the list from the staic loot thread and narrowed my choice to 3 --Sever, Twinblade, Phosphor

Now i am a 14 lvl Fighter with moderate UMD and a boatload of pretty nice weapons. I admit i continue to play for items and the camraderie of my guildmates--INCARNATION--general great frun.

Now i was so excited my hear t actually was pounding ( rare for some who celebrated the 10th anniversary of his 25th birthday

I saw them thought about the current mod and creatures...limb choppper cool but 19-20 chops limb off BAHH my vorp khopesh of 20 rolling is as good.
So twinblade and phosphor. considering the current MOD i went with Phosphor it has sunburst ridiculous dmg to undead and oozes--a whopping 12d6 on crits. Now I fully admit here to not reading fully the description of the weapon so save your responses. I saw sunburst and 12d6. I wrongly assumed the heavy mace would operate like every other burst weapon---NORM damg + LIGHT (the sun part) dmg on non crits then on crits it would be NORM dmg +LIGHT DMG+LIGHT BURST dmg. and work on all undead.

ALAS this is not the case for either situation . dont get me wrong seeing a red 25 +80 was exciting but after several swings. It was not better than wielding +2 HOLY BURST KHOP of PG with my etehreal bracers. anyhoo

my rant is that the effect SHOULD NOT be called sunburst like acid burst or icy burst or holy burst because quite simply it is not the standard burst weapon.

I enjoy the weapon and start my second quest for 8 tome pieces so can i can get something else.

CAVEAT EMPTOR is the old saying -LOL i guess thanks for reading and proceed with the responses such as read better fool!!

thanks

Arjuna

[Rameses]

Wow congratz and that sucks all at the same time.

[Arjuna]

yeah so after using it a bit more...I am

it barely works on any undead in the preraid. and the other hi level quests in orch. It is a POS.

i think iam gonna put a ticket in for it because the **** thing is broke. there should be like a 24 grace period where i can change items or something.

so fellow gamers DO NOT TAKE PHOSPHOR for your end turn item.

arjuna

[Jondallar]

You are the second person I know that had that reaction. Personally I'm going to take the Pick or Undead Pelican as my guildies and I call it

[Mad_Bombardier]

So, what you are saying is that Sun Burst : <Light damage> :: Thundering : Screaming (sonic damage). Bummer.

Still, +12d6 on roll of 19 or 20 is slightly better than quite a few weapon combos*. Even if mobs save all the time and only take 6d6 anyway, you still come out ahead. And a single weapon covers two monster types; undead and oozes. It's going to take a +5 Acid Everbright to get better damage versus oozes. And a +5 Holy of Righteousness or +5 Holy of Pure Good to get better damage versus undead.

*Compared to +5 Holy, +5 Pure Good, +5 Holy Burst, +5 Elemental Everbright, +5 Holy of Righteousness, and +5 Holy of Pure Good.

[MrCow]

my rant is that the effect SHOULD NOT be called sunburst like acid burst or icy burst or holy burst because quite simply it is not the standard burst weapon.

The reason it is called Sunburst is because the effect is that of the spell Sunburst.

I would think the blindness component of the sunburst effect would be nice to have for the non-undead and non-oozes.

[Arjuna]

hey

mad- how many oozes have u experienced in lvl 11-17 quests *Besides von 2
or the Pit ?

a +1 holy burst mace of pg (fairly easy to get and holy and good effects work on undead almost every hit) is as good and not nearly as difficult to --imagine trading 8-10 million pp worth of stuff to get one. your right the crits are nice but again not worth all the stuff and aggravation of never have a tome piece drop.

the other beef was non dmg (yellow to dread elf zombie) i know slashing it what hurts zombie but the undead effect did not occur either when critted


crow--thanks for the clarification however blindness lands very rarely not worth using on on any non undead/ooze creature use scirroco if u want that better crits

thanks

Arjuna

[Mad_Bombardier]

hey

mad- how many oozes have u experienced in lvl 11-17 quests *Besides von 2
or the Pit?

Tomb of the Blighted! And with Shining Devastation, random Everbright weapons, and Phosphor, I'm still hoping for more high level oozes.

a +1 holy burst mace of pg (fairly easy to get and holy and good effects work on undead almost every hit) is as good and not nearly as difficult to --imagine trading 8-10 million pp worth of stuff to get one. your right the crits are nice but again not worth all the stuff and aggravation of never have a tome piece drop.

A +5 Holy Mace of Pure Good BARELY beat out Phosphor for damage. A +1 Holy Burst of Pure Good is not even close. Here's the difference with the mob saving every time and only getting 6d6 Sunburst damage. The full 12d6 damage difference is even more noticable.

You are correct in that it's not worth trading 8-10 million pp worth of coin and gear to get. IMO, nothing in the game is worth that. But, *IF* I ever get tome pieces with my Cleric, I'd probably take Phosphor. There's nothing wrong with having a good option for simple weapon users.

[heatherivxx]

Dang Arjuna thats a bummer. I think I have a tome or two somewhere (maybe not) you can have for your second quest to get 8 tomes hehe. That way you can try out all the weapons before I get one Nothing I seen really tickled my funny bone in anyway.

[Arjuna]

thnx air (heather)

that would be awfully kind of you

havent seen you on much lately
you not playing another game are you lol.
a buddy of mine wants me to start playing hellgate london.

anyhoo thnx again and see you in game

arjuna

[COBHCLambofgod]

Mili got the skiver and he said it owns majorly.

[TommyBoy]

Tomb of the Blighted! And with Shining Devastation, random Everbright weapons, and Phosphor, I'm still hoping for more high level oozes.

You sick sick man

/shake head

[Arjuna]

yeah murni

mili said his skiver indeed does pwn, he landed a 900 hp disintegrate lol

yes he is sick just imagine all of your gear being destroyed lol= end of DDO as we know it


arjuna

[Mad_Bombardier]

You sick sick man

/shake head

hehe

[Ganak]

Ooo...grats and condolences at the same time Arjuna.

[KiwiJoe]

I have phosphor as well and I agree its a complete POS. A +1 heavy mace of greater undead bane is better. Think about it... Phos crits once every 10 swings for 12d6. A greater undead bane does 3d6 EVERY HIT. Over 10 hits that means the Greater undead bane does 30d6 vs the phos which does a lousy 12d6... and quite often the mobs save and make it 6d6 :/

Be warning - POS alert.