If you're goind Hemo.. don't bother with Imp SS. Hemorrhage is replacing Sinister Strike anyways.
But nooble.. something to add to your guide, perhaps, when explaining why combat swords is the fastest way to go for leveling solo. I had a very boring bus ride from the coast back to my house.. so I was fiddling with numbers. Here's the very abreviated version of it.
30 seconds of fighting. No poisons, no enchants, weapons with (very) comparable DPS. Level 40, weapons all with 29.1-29.7 DPS. 380 AP. 12% base crit chance, modifiable by talents. Target has infinite life, no dodge chance, no armor, no shield. 25% miss chance has been factored into white damage, and 5% miss chance has been factored into special attacks damage. The damage is calculated from averages. I'm not going to do a comprehensive damage range.
Sub build daggers. (with 5/5 malice, 3/3 imp BS, sub down to prep and such)
In 30s, pulled off 4310 damage. 144 DPS. This is entirely unrealistic, as the target has no effective dodge/parry/armor. But you can use comparatively none the less.
Assasination build Daggers (with 5/5 Opportunity, 2/2 imp sap)
In 30s, pulled off 4650 damage. 155 DPS. Again.. unrealistic, but it's somewhat harder hitting than a 40 sub daggers build.
Combat Swords
In 30s, pulled off 7582(5443 damage to primary target, 2.1k to the secondary target from Blade Fury) damage on two targets and 5443 damage against a single target. That's 253 dps between two targets, and a whopping 181 dps against a single target.
Combat Daggers wasn't even worth looking at. the CP generation for this build at this level is so ABYSMAL it's just... sad. boo hoo..
Combat Swords' 181 dps might not look like much of a difference from 144 dps and 155 dps.. but over thirty seconds, that's a lot of damage you haven't dealt with your dagger. 1k versus a single target, and 2.6k if you've accidentally double-pulled. Which I've found has happened a lot around my level.
Dunno, add it if you think it's relevant. It probably should be boiled down if it is added. I tend to ramble. But there it is.. take it how you'd like. It's useful to me, and it's relevant untill level 55, when an Opportunity-laden Mutilate comes onto the field. I'll probably have that figured out sometime in the next few weeks, as I get closer to -having- mutilate. heheh. T'care
Note/Edit: Keep in mind, the numbers are for comparison. Most monsters this level.. have 30%-45% damage reduction. But the ratio of DPS between the three will still be the same.
Edited, Feb 19th 2007 9:03pm by Banatu