The cast speed of SB decreases as your weapon speed decreases, huh? Some nice information there! So, too however, will the damage. It will take a lot of experimenting to find out what really works best.
It's possible that a 10 dps weapon (shiv for example) at 1.0 speed could be better than a 20 dps weapon (1h sword for example) at 1.8 speed if the shiv had +% casting speed (which I feel many will) and casting speed actually impacted the cast time of SB.
All of this is very juicy! ;D
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The cast speed of SB decreases as your weapon speed decreases, huh? Some nice information there! So, too however, will the damage. It will take a lot of experimenting to find out what really works best.
It's possible that a 10 dps weapon (shiv for example) at 1.0 speed could be better than a 20 dps weapon (1h sword for example) at 1.8 speed if the shiv had +% casting speed (which I feel many will) and casting speed actually impacted the cast time of SB.
All of this is very juicy! ;D
It's mostly just a way to keep the spell in line with the dps of the weapon. Slower weapons hit harder, faster weapons hit weaker. That will always be the case. By setting the spell up this way it ensures that you're not forced to use a 2H slow weapon to be effective, you simply want the highest dps weapon you can find.
How casting speed impacts will be important to find out. If it does than slower weapons would end up being more powerful.
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It's possible that a 10 dps weapon (shiv for example) at 1.0 speed could be better than a 20 dps weapon (1h sword for example) at 1.8 speed if the shiv had +% casting speed (which I feel many will) and casting speed actually impacted the cast time of SB.
All of this is very juicy! ;D
It's mostly just a way to keep the spell in line with the dps of the weapon. Slower weapons hit harder, faster weapons hit weaker. That will always be the case. By setting the spell up this way it ensures that you're not forced to use a 2H slow weapon to be effective, you simply want the highest dps weapon you can find.
How casting speed impacts will be important to find out. If it does than slower weapons would end up being more powerful.