| lestatdark said: There's a lot of weapons you can switch, being a STR build. |
I switch to the Dragon axe on a rare occasion, mostly for the R2 which did waaay more damage than I expected to when I +5'd it.
As for other weps, I'll admit the Large Club is pretty good (haven't got it back yet since my last save was deleted by accident!) but for the most part, based off what me and my friend have been talking about, it seems like Mages/Faith peeps can make better use of str weapons than pure Strength types can. She's went through 2 faith chars now and has been telling me the numbers on some of the weps - they're pretty damn high, though have the advantage of having split damage. Still, it seems like a str player would have to use enchants to compete but it's not as easy nor effective as it was in Demon's Souls due to changes such as limited casts. Of course it'd be no prob for quick pvp sessions but I'd like to have consistent damage and not have to ng+++ just to get Crystal Magic Weapon multiple times.
The thing to keep in mind is that as Mages/Faith chars increase their weapon damage by specing more into their main stat (faith/int), they're also getting access to really high damage spells. While this was the case for Demon's Souls, it didn't matter because offensive spells were pretty bad in PvP for the most part but spells in general got buffed really well this time around. Wrath of the Gods combines really well with Faith-melee builds. This game's version of "Homing Soul Arrow" got buffed and though you can dodge it, you have to be careful because if you do manage to get hit by multiple, that's a huge chunk off your health.
Me and my friend are still talking about it and she just seems really convinced that strength's hardly gonna get any better, and I kinda gotta agree. I think getting rid of the "Crushing" upgrade path was a pretty bad idea, which is unfortunate since weapon enchantments were also toned down.
