22-10-2014, 04:19 AM
to find good reason for a significant injustice buff in retaliation to the recent changes to the aurora blade you would have to go back quite some time in to NI history.
a few months ago, the aurora blade was merely a joke weapon, in fact there is a dev response to this sword which even stated that the aurora blade was meant to stay...well shit and would NEVER receive a buff (if i find the actual quote i'll add it in)
the Injustice was originally viewed as a craftable EK being slightly worse in all areas. but overall better bang for your buck, and this is why many were originally created (or at least why Benschie made his)
there was a LOT of commotion over the old stats of the injustice many of whom believed it to be too short/slow for its price tag (fair enough)
the last patch addressed this (or did it?) by making it a bastard sword, there's not much to say on this other than it made a mediocre 2h into a mediocre 2h with the ability to use a shield and have it be even worse.
hence in my opinion, this sword may need to be looked at again even though it's previous contender weapons such as the boarding axe and butcher have been nerfed leaving this thing out on it's own in an awkward space that it just doesn't seem to fit.
back to comparing it to the aurora blade...well the aurora is probably better despite the lower damage, we all know length and speed can and do in the case of legacy v durendal does beat damage. and then on top of this, the aurora blade is use-able by all. yes yes it's legendary but then again so is the EK and it's stats are in some cases worse than the high tier house craftables.
i won't delve into current pricing's on the two swords but it seems to me that a major concern in the OP is the drop between selling and crafting price, the simple answer to this is that no one will pay the crafting cost for a 2nd hand weapon as they might aswell just craft their own if they are going to pay full price. i will say that the price drop for this sword is a tad higher than other craftable weapons and this is unfortunately a reflection on its stats which in my opinion need to be looked at a third time.
a few months ago, the aurora blade was merely a joke weapon, in fact there is a dev response to this sword which even stated that the aurora blade was meant to stay...well shit and would NEVER receive a buff (if i find the actual quote i'll add it in)
the Injustice was originally viewed as a craftable EK being slightly worse in all areas. but overall better bang for your buck, and this is why many were originally created (or at least why Benschie made his)
there was a LOT of commotion over the old stats of the injustice many of whom believed it to be too short/slow for its price tag (fair enough)
the last patch addressed this (or did it?) by making it a bastard sword, there's not much to say on this other than it made a mediocre 2h into a mediocre 2h with the ability to use a shield and have it be even worse.
hence in my opinion, this sword may need to be looked at again even though it's previous contender weapons such as the boarding axe and butcher have been nerfed leaving this thing out on it's own in an awkward space that it just doesn't seem to fit.
back to comparing it to the aurora blade...well the aurora is probably better despite the lower damage, we all know length and speed can and do in the case of legacy v durendal does beat damage. and then on top of this, the aurora blade is use-able by all. yes yes it's legendary but then again so is the EK and it's stats are in some cases worse than the high tier house craftables.
i won't delve into current pricing's on the two swords but it seems to me that a major concern in the OP is the drop between selling and crafting price, the simple answer to this is that no one will pay the crafting cost for a 2nd hand weapon as they might aswell just craft their own if they are going to pay full price. i will say that the price drop for this sword is a tad higher than other craftable weapons and this is unfortunately a reflection on its stats which in my opinion need to be looked at a third time.