Akheva is a major pain in the rear for low level groups, now with the addition of the DSP port it is a bit better, but still, it will never be like Seb, afaik nothing in Akheva drops gems, the rock type mobs have way too high HP to be a good mob to XP on. The mobs that drop useful stuff are very far in, you have to get past a lot of traps which makes fighting in a chore as is (couple L5s can do it in 15 or less, a group of 50's would haveto crawl).
Some of the traps spwan mind worms, which on attack drain all your mana in no time at all. I have never hunted there in lower levels, but now as L65 it seems to me like the items you can get off of named ones (not IV or Shei, but the regular named) are simply not worth the effort.
I say this would be great for a rogues main hand or for a casters range slot mainly because of the saves and the int and the nice ratio for the rogue the rest of the stats are just a nice bonus
Any class that is able to use it would rock with it so dont think I favor Rogues or casters more than the rest
hehe.... for me... it would be training piercing with my ShadowKnight... not too many low delay piercing items with this good of a stats... and I can stick it in my RANGE slot when I want to pull out my other weapons.
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Pain Lord Darknyss Grimscale 92 Iksar Crusader of the Greenmist
For those of us who don't have excessive amounts of plat laying around this would make a fine PRIMARY or SECONDARY slot item RNG, BRD, & ROG. 11dmg 22dly is nothing to be scoffed at especially as it is PIERCING and thus would make a fine ROG Backstabber. The idea of putting this item in range seems like a waste unless you are very nicely equipped.
By the time a rogue is hunting in Akheva, he probably has his epic or somethin' else better than an 11/22 tor backstabbin'. Although aye, 'tis a good piercer. I wouldn't mind it for my range. =)
Its not a waste for those of us who are casters. Casters no longer melee once you get around lvl 20 (give or take depending on class). Especially by the time we would reach the lvl to attain this, we are carrying heavy int items (at least 10 if not 15 or more) in our weapons slot. This is one of the better range items available to casters. I can understand your arguement for a melee, but for a caster, the proper place for this item would be the range slot.
If she's full mana, my chanter melee's still at 42 =) I plan on havin' her melee into her 50's so long as she's FM =) But.. this is a piercer... she focuses on 1hb (Rod of Insidious Glamour) hehe