Blades of Wrath in the new ptr got a %damage reduction.
so I can change the “tyrant’s” in weapon to “heart piercing” or “sinister” to improve my BD’s dps.
but I find the two rare word has no advantage over the “tyrant’s”.
the “tyrant’s” got 28 physical damage,52.5% all damage,46 cunning
the “sinister” got 25 piercing damage,61% piercing danmage, 26 cunning
the “heart piercing” got 21 piercing damage,15%chance bleeding damage,61% piercing danmage, 46 cunning and some oa.
compare the 3 words, the “sinister” is the weakest word(low damage and %damage)
I think the sinister need roll back some bonus since the increasing armor piercing is useless now.
for example,roll back the damage to human,a little more % piercing damage,or a bit crit damage.
How much is damage reduction?
Not live yet. Nobody knows but the devs.
ye that explains it (no DR displayed ingame)
just checked and still no update on steam, so we’ll have to wait a bit
let’s not consider the DR,just compare the “tyrant” and “sinister”,the “sinister” is more weak than “tyrant” now in everywhere.
for a t2 constellation, I think 10-15% would be reasonable
aeh, you’re looking at it wrong i think
phys dmg prefix has always been stronger than pierce in adding more flat or raw stats, with the %bonus being lower
same for Officer
it’s because of phys dmg being inherently “weaker” than pierce so it needed more raw i think
*if Armour Pierce Increase is still present on Sinister that’s likely just an oversight, like it was with something else that got brought up
but tyrants is not a phys prefix,it’s a all damage prefix.
i’m pretty sure it was largely considered a phys affix more despite all dmg,
*i’m assuming that based on the base dmg of Tyrant and Officer being higher than flat pierce,
and their bias on phys weapons vs pierce/having to be requested to be “more” biased on pierce than it originally was
i could be wrong
Crit DMG or some more flat cunning would be nice on sinister prefix. Even +2 skill points in Anatomy of Murder; thematically correct and not useless.