30-03-2016, 05:30 AM
(29-03-2016, 11:11 PM)Ribbed Wrote:(29-03-2016, 06:08 PM)keru_90 Wrote: Has aurora been overbuffed? Does EK deserve a better spot in the roster of slashing weapons? I'd like to hear other opinions on the matter, feel free to disagree
Ab was way over buffed yes. The 60c buff was already pretty dumb then it got moved to 62c lol
If they needed a bastard on par with durendal then they should of just added a new one in. Not insanely buffing a cheap sword.
Ah, yes, opinions. Everyone has one. However, let's not let our opinions make our tone... less than friendly.
Aurora Blade wasn't always the cheapo waster a lot of people see it as today and was actually considered on par with VGS/AGS for a fair period of time. Prices rise and fall and should not dictate the stats/tier of a legendary item. You'd be amazed at what many of the common legendaries nowadays used to go for when compared to the prices of top tier items back then... An item that would be worth 7 Sun Pikes now was considered only a few million balance over one then.
In my mind, the stats of the Aurora should be around equal to the EK and its tier closer to that of the AGS/VGS, following the idea of bastards being slightly worse in 2h stats than swords of the same tier to make up for their versatility. I'm all for removing stab altogether on the EK, but I'd like to give a chance for counterarguments and don't really see a compelling reason to remove that from an item that has had it for so long. The stat suggestions so far have been interesting, but we'll see where the discussion goes.
Speaking of the discussion, please try to keep it to stat suggestions, not just throwing out your opinion that things are bad. That doesn't really add much to the conversation.