Arena Weapon vs Monster Set Front Bar

mr_wazzabi · April 2018

As we all know, 2 handed weapons like bow, 2h and staff count as 2 items now, which is an awesome change.

The benefit of this is to run 5/5/2, as in two 5 piece sets and one 2 piece set.

The issue now is that if you choose to run a VMA, DSA, Assylum weapon on the front bar, you either need to:

A) not use a 2 pc monster set
b) still wear 2 pc monster set and one 5pc, one 3pc set or 3 pieces of an incomplete 5 pc set

This now begs the question.

Is an arena weapon better than a monster set?

Another issue with arena weapons is they only have 1 bonus while monster sets have 2.

@ZOS_GinaBruno @zos_wrobel I'm appealing for arena weapons to have 2 set bonuses:

1) the original 1pc stat bonus like weapon damage for the vma bow
2) the unique weapon effect which was previously an enchantment

mr_wazzabi · April 2018

Bump

Checkmath · April 2018

the most used arena weapons for damage like staves and bows are still very viable, since you can complete the missing parts of one 5 boni set on the frontbar with a fitting weapon. most likely sets like warmachine or mechanical acuity for stamina classes will see much use, since you can slot them on the frontbar only to get their last boni, while the other 5er set is always complete together with the monsterset. this way you can still use the msa bow or destro on the backbar. pretty much every other arena weapon will see less usage, because of the loss of a second complete 5 boni set. so msa or dsa dual wield or also AS destro will not be used as much as before, since most likely more damage can be done with a second full 5 boni set.