(22-10-2014, 04:19 AM)madjosh link Wrote: 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)
Since the Aurora Blade has found a new model and is no longer a "purple dildo" that did not fit into the mod, this has been changed.
(22-10-2014, 04:19 AM)madjosh link Wrote: 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.
A second patch shortly after also gave it +2 cut damage, bringing it up to the same damage value as the Eastern Katana. I cannot remember anyone saying that the In/Justice is meant to be a house crafted replacement to the EK, but that seems irrelevant to the current conversation as the stats of just about every cut weapon have drastically changed. As shown before, even the Aurora Blade was put to a new position in the weapon hierarchy.
(22-10-2014, 04:19 AM)madjosh link Wrote: 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.
Eh.... The Durendal is actually faster than the Legacy
I do very much agree about length, though. This is why the In/Justice was allowed to have superior damage in the first place - the Aurora had a massive advantage in length. It is also worth noting that the Aurora Blade, along with several other "old" items, may be having their class requirements adjusted as they were set long ago when the game was extremely different. This isn't definite, but is a possibility as the developer team continues to balance items.(22-10-2014, 04:19 AM)madjosh link Wrote: 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.
This is absolute truth. However, I feel like a huge buff to speed like mentioned in the OP (95 to 108) would not be a solution to this problem... It seems a lot like a knee-jerk "my item isn't selling for what I want it to so let's make it super OP" sort of thing. The In/Justice, like other current items, will be adjusted as necessary. As stated before, I feel a slight buff from 57/95 to something more like 58 or 59/97 or 99 would be more balanced, as it would keep it in proper alignment with both the Aurora Blade and the other house crafted two hand items.