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I upgraded my Whirlwind Sword with the Truesilver Champion. Lasted me till about 56 when a guildie gave me Destiny as a gift and then the Demonshear off the last boss in SM Strath.

When I was arms, I tend to ook for the top end damage of the weapon. The higher the better, don't really look at the speed as most of them are 3.3 and above. To me, the slower the weapon, the harder you hit and the bigger you crit :) Hope that helped.

A Whirlwind Axe with savagery should last you a very long time.
That may very well last you till 51, in which you can go for this!
Ice Barbed Spear
And that weapon should last you till outlands.
Im guessing you have Poleaxe spec if u got ur whirlwind axe

If the Whirlwind Axe with Savagery is 61 DPS, why would I go for this weapon which only has like 54 DPS? There's something I'm not understanding about the damage formulas I think.

A friend of mine who has warrior 70 is telling me my Whirlwind Axe is already outdated at 40. But the explanations do little to convince me, I guess because they don't involve very much math, which is a language I can speak.

Edited, Oct 15th 2007 11:28am by duvar

Because I sure as hell can't afford it, and he could barely afford it as it is. He just did it because he was feeling silly.

That being said, is there seriously nobody around that understands the math behind this? I've posted on no less than 3 forums, and not a single person can explain how Savagery relates to weapon damage and abilities like Heroic Strike, Mortal Strike, etc.

I did look at it.



Savagery = 70 Attack Power = 70/14 = 5 DPS

So, if Whirlwind Axe is 35.6 DPS according to the item description, why does my Armory Profile not show me as having 40.6 DPS? Instead, it shows me as having 67.9 DPS, calculated by (218 + 271) / 7.2

Here's a better question: How do I calculate the numbers 218 and 271 given that my weapon damage is 102-154 and I have Savagery?


Here's the text for Heroic Strike



Now assuming no Savagery at all, am I to assume that instead of calculating the next attack based on my Weapon Damage (102-154) alone, it will use that number plus 208? So it would calculate the attack as if I had a weapon with 310-362 damage?

If so, then add Savagery which doesn't directly affect weapon damage, just Attack Power. Does it make my Heroic Strike stronger? According to the text of Heroic Strike, the damage of the ability is based off of the weapon damage.


Anyway, if you have a link to a FAQ that explains this in more detail please link it here. I read the Warrior FAQ in this forum which is what I thought you were talking about originally, but I don't see another FAQ like the PvE DPS faq you mentioned.

Edited, Oct 16th 2007 4:53pm by duvar

Edited, Oct 16th 2007 4:54pm by duvar

savagery affects your AP which directly affects your weapon damage, which would directly make your HS hit harder.

if you look at your character list, the weapon damage there is not your actual weapon damage, but your damage AFTER all other stats are taken into consideration [AP/STR, Enrage, DW, etc.]. this is why the majority of 70's are sitting at 900+ max damage with 70 weapons. OBVIOUSLY a weapon by itself won't be doing 900 damage / hit.

also if you can't afford savagery, ask your friend to run strat a few times for righteous orbs so you can get crusader.

Edited, Oct 16th 2007 2:34pm by russki

My recommedation would be to hang on to the axe until you hit lvl 51 and go to Alterac Valley. If yo udont like PvP, thats fine, just suck it up for 1 single match (hopefully you'll win) You'll spend alot of the match in the graveyard, but if you win, the quest reward is the Ice-barbed Spear.

You should be just peachy using that weapon until well into outlands, it has the best dps you will see for some time and the stats are outta sight.

FTR, I put a counterweight on mine to improve its speed a bit, its still a touch slow, but it hits like a trunk.