+3 w/p heavy pick

[Tresha_D'Artet]

A friend of mine is wondering about what a +3 wounding byeshk heavy pick of puncturing might be worth either in trade or on the AH, ive yet to pull one but i see short swords and rapiers with extremely high prices on the AH alot, so i thought i would post this here and would let him know what i find out.

thanks in advance for any info

[Pyromaniac]

I'd say 2 large scales given the post below this one had a similar item and it appears that was what someone out there was willing to pay. I'd take that deal and run.

[Caine52184]

Wounding Punct. Weapons are Highly sought after as a Rapier and Shortsword. Sadly few people use Picks. There are some but not nearly as many as say Rapier users or Shortsword Users. To the right person this could be worth alot, but probly to most it wont be worth much.

[darkrune]

The problem with the pick is that the puncturing is only on crit, and with a crit of only a 20 there is little chance for it to go off essentially making this a wounding weapon...

If a improved crit pierce spec'd barb has it during crit rage II, he would have a 17-20 to crit vs the 13-20 on a rapier and a 15-20 on a shortie/dagger. see the issue with the pick?

I would agree that 2 scales or 4 larges otherwise is about on par IMO.

Dark

[pepsi36]

A W/P kills quicker than a w/p dagger or shortsword on a barb. It might crit 10% less but it crit for 150 damage.....

[juniorpfactors]

to a barbarian its still worth 10-15 mil gold easy, to non barbarian its slightly Ghetoo, but to a barbarian the heavy does very nice dps and crits on 17-20,,,, 2 L scales,,,, jrp will buy those all day long

jrp

[Brother_Tuck]

Just to clarify I am not trying to hijack the thread just wanted to clarify a point:

I kinda love when all the "experts" weigh in with their assumed value and then thats what something must be worth.

I would just let some people know that nast night before this post and the other post (about a light pick I think) I traded away a W/P light pick for ALOT more than 2 to 4 large ingredients and neither party felt ripped off (was a guildie of mine). If someone thinks that 2 to 4 larges are worth the price of a very rare drop (W/P on a usable melee weapon is still pretty rare) I will take ALL of those weapons and give you the 2 to 4 larges you are looking for and roll up characters that can use them better (a tempest barbarian duel wielding W/P picks would ROCK!!)....just adding my 2 PLAT to the discussion.

SO if I get any takers please send me your heavy or light picks and I will mail you the large ingredients. (Please read into this that I really do not expect anyone to take me up on it as I would turn around and trade said picks for ALOT more than what I am giving you)

Thanks
BT

[rawfocat]

A W/P kills quicker than a w/p dagger or shortsword on a barb. It might crit 10% less but it crit for 150 damage.....

Not trying to thread jack here, but you do not kill a mob with damage using w/p. You are reducing the CON score to 0 for the kill. For 150 points of damage to kill a high level mob, it's CON would have to be in the 1-4 range. On a barb, a w/p rapier would kill that mob on a 13 or higher and on a 15 or higher for a dagger or ss. The same 13 or 15 on the pick would do 1 CON damage and 20 some points of damage. w/p is about crit range not damage. That being said w/p picks are still nice, but they are less valuable then a rapier, ss or dagger

[Renegade66]

Not trying to thread jack here, but you do not kill a mob with damage using w/p. You are reducing the CON score to 0 for the kill. For 150 points of damage to kill a high level mob, it's CON would have to be in the 1-4 range. On a barb, a w/p rapier would kill that mob on a 13 or higher and on a 15 or higher for a dagger or ss. The same 13 or 15 on the pick would do 1 CON damage and 20 some points of damage. w/p is about crit range not damage. That being said w/p picks are still nice, but they are less valuable then a rapier, ss or dagger

That's for certain on high HP/DR mobs like Orthons and Bezikira. On mobs a tier lower though, their HPs go down really fast as their CON is reduced. I think you'd be surprised what percent of those kills have the final hit being a dmg kill vs a CON kill. His point has some merit and if I'm not having trouble hitting, I'll leave my power attack on even with the twin w/ps.