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Sweetwater Axe speed is "Normal" instead of "Fast"

AKradianAKradian
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edited October 2016 in Bug Reporting
Bug type: Equipment stats

Brief bug summary: Sweetwater Axe has an attack speed of "normal", unlike all other high-level one-handed axes, which have the attack speed "fast".

More details:
2H axes have a higher weapon multiplier than 1H axes. This means that, given the same ATT stat on the axe itself, a 2H axe will do 10% more damage per hit than a 1H axe. 2H also generally have a slightly higher base ATT than the 1H axe of the same level or "set".
To make up for this, 1H axes are usually one attack speed level faster than their 2H counterparts, being "Fast (5)" as opposed to "Normal (6)" for 2H. Hitting faster makes up for doing less damage per hit, so the total damage per minute balances out.

(The same sort of balance exists between 1H and 2H swords, and 1H and 2H maces, as well).

All high-level one-handed axes are Fast, except for the Sweetwater Axe, which has the same attack speed - Normal - as the Sweetwater Two-Handed Axe, despite a lower base attack (178 vs. 182) and of course the 10% lower weapon multiplier (which applies to the entire weapon class). That makes it markedly inferior in every way, except perhaps aesthetic.

This does not make sense, and needs to be remedied.

Comments

  • AKradianAKradian
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    edited February 2018
    This has not yet been fixed.

    Meanwhile, I have been informed that the same issue exists for the Sweetwater Mace: both 1h and 2h Sweetwater maces are Normal speed. The One-Handed version should be Fast.
  • CeominCeomin
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    edited February 2018
    If we wanna add onto this, the Sweetwater Polearm is Normal when all other polearms are Fast.
  • OkhuraOkhura
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    edited February 2018
    Thanks, I've forwarded this!
  • TeinaTeina
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    This also happens with the Sweetwater Soul Shooter.
  • PatPatrickPatPatrick
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    edited May 2018
    Any update on this bug?
  • CoconutsCoconuts
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    Any new insight on this issue? Very unfortunate to see such an exciting drop have an annoying thorn of a bug on the side.