Is Arcanite Reaper really worth it?.

[Diggot]

This is a question i've started to ask myself alot lately, considering the cost and timesink to get the
bars or the gold required to attain it. The dps is 3 more then Dreadforge, which is free and easy to
get from Emperor, and it "only" has 30more AP which is 15 str, while Dreadforge has parry and crit.

The main reason why i've started wondering about it is Lionheart Helm and Titanic Leggings, if you
got connections you can get all mats free except the Arcanite, and if you skip the AR and go for
the Lionheart+Titanic Leggings, you have to spend 4 more bars which takes 1 day to get if you are
lucky with mining... Just yesterday i had a guildfriend get me 20+ Enchanted Thorium and there's more
to come from that source. Enchanted leather is the hardest to get except Arcanite.

And this is also from a speed-point of view how long it will take to gear up for raid-dps.
If you spend those 20 bars for Arcanite Reaper, you're gaining 3 dps and it might take a LOOONG time
until you get loot which equals Lionheart and Titanic Leggings, so then how much dps did you really gain.

I know alot of warriors looks at the AR as a "prestige" weapon... but i dont' give 2 shits about prestige,
its all about increasing effectiveness as much as possible, fastest way possible.


What's your opinion or thoughts about this?.

[Misa]

Main points for getting an Arcanite Reaper is the weapon speed and max damage. 256 vs 225 is a big difference. Makes it way better for MS specs and PvP. And the 13 stamina > 1% crit/parry by far because it's more reliable.

Get an Arcanite Reaper if you want to focus on PvP. If you want to focus on PvE, buy Lionheart. Titanic's won't be available for a long time.

[Xylon666Darkstar]

Lol 'prestige'. Fuck you don't know shit. Glad you did your 'research', op.

[diogenes]

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And this is also from a speed-point of view how long it will take to gear up for raid-dps.

I don't even understand why this is even relevant. If you're building AR you're obviously building for an MS spec, which is an absolutely terrible PvE spec (with the exception that you do actually provide fairly impressive aoe numbers, but that is enough to provide justification for not speccing fury for pve dps).

If you're planning on gearing for raid dps, you're 100% right. Buying items for pvp will significantly slow down your gear for raiding, but who didn't already know that.