Just to remind you, Robobjorn is still crafting for free on Khyber (although small donations are always appreciated, they're not necessary! ), just follow the link in my signature. I can do everything on the list.

But something's puzzling me greatly. Why do people keep asking for Holy Silver Lawful Outsider Bane? Why not Evil Outsider Bane? I assume I'm missing something... I tried to have this conversation with a customer last night, but she said her guildies were telling her (whilst we were talking) that her that Lawful bane was "a better boss beater" and "broke boss DR" while Evil didn't. What on earth is that all about?

Firstly, the Bane portion of a weapon has nothing to do with DR, as I'm sure everyone here knows: that's taken care of by the Holy/Silver portion of the weapon. Secondly, all the raid bosses are Evil (aren't they?), so Evil Outsider Bane will do just as much damage as Lawful against the bosses. Finally - and this is the key point for me - not all the trash in Shavarath is Lawful (trolls, trogs and whatnot), while it IS almost universally evil, the odd construct aside.

OK, for non-devils, silver won't be helping you break DR but if you don't want to switch weapon sets all the time, surely Evil Outsider Bane is better? It works against all the Devils and will help to compensate (via additional damage) for a lack of cold iron DR breaking vs. the mostly-chaotic Demons... won't it?

I tried to explain all this last night, but the response I got back was "I want boss-beaters right now, maybe you could make me Evil bane another time", and my puzzlement levels went through the roof. So, please, enlighten me, why is Lawful bane better? I've had variations on the theme of this conversation with half a dozen people now so there has to be a flaw in my logic somewhere, but I can't tell what. As far as I can tell, Evil bane works exactly the same against all bosses and is effective (or at least, *more* effective) against a much greater proportion of the trash; so, please, what am I missing?!