eSoS: End all be all?

[sirgog]

That's a problem with THF (and maybe TWF) then and should NOT be balanced by a single, hard to acquire, available only at level 20 weapon! I'm really tired of seeing this argument tossed out whenever someone suggests further nerfing the ESoS. What are all the THF characters doing between level 12 and 19? The 20s who have dozens and dozens of dragon completions without a shard or scroll?

I'm sorry, but this argument is simply invalid for this discussion.

eSOS also comes from the easiest two epics in the VON chain (seal from 1, shard from 6, base item 6).

Making it is easier than making pretty much any other epic item except Carnival chain epics.