Shroud weapons?

[Dark-Star]

For you TWF-ing barbs, are you considering any of the new shroud weapons?

For those that have them, are any of the new shroud weapons more DPS than dual Deathnips, or take down non-boss fodder faster than two w/p rapiers?

An off-hand weapon with Earth Grab (for the auto-crits) seems nice, but the 5% proc rate is the same as a weighted 5% warhammer. Although the shroud weapon will have a lot more additional damage from the acid burst.

What are you using or looking to build for your barb?

[Shade]

I made a set of dual holy good burst warhammers. They do surprisingly good DPS even without improved crit blunt. Seem to get really lucky with allot of crits and the good burst works on nearly everything. Really nice weapons. Gona make em both goodblast greater disruption soon.

I don't think the earthgrab is worth much, but a acid/acid burst/blast wep would also be great dps.

Don't think the xtra bit of crit range is worth taking the khopesh feat for my build.. The warhammers work great.

And yea, they far outdmg dual W/P .. Far as im concerned W/P is far overhyped and not nearly as effective as many say. I have 5 friends that use them regularly (dual +1 rapiers for the most part, but some even have +2/3 and 1 guy has a +4 adamantine one).. But not on there dps barbarian builds, more so on there rogues and rangers because they need it to make u pfor the low dps.. And there not that great. Really situation, on low con type mobs and quests set to normal, yea they kill fast.. High con harder types set to elite, a fair bit slower then some real dps weapons like greater banes or the new shroud weapons. And in places like the shroud raid where ud expect them to kill really fast they just kill slower then vorpal so thers not much point to them there either.

[Dark-Star]

Finally a reply, thanks Axer.

Will have to group with your new barb and see him in action with the new weapons.

If the weapons all have 5% chance of procing their special, Slay Living could be interesting too.

Anyone done a DPS comparison of a Deathnip vs. a complete Acid-burster?