Ok.
Just made my 3rd climb on paly after new update.

This time i went 50%str-50%dex to see, if my paly is still as strong as he was before update..

Stats on lvl 71:

Str: 137
Dex: 137

137ee lvl 55axe
48str leather
53dex charm

avg dmg: ~ 550
max dmg: ~ 1070

Before update i made ~ 1.6k max dmg with same equipment and my avg was ~ 530..

Any idea if i could change something to get better dmg again on crits? or did paul changed something @ new version?

thx 4 help

No one knows I'm afraid, there is still mass confusion on this matter

From tests other people have done though it appears daggers have the advantage over axes. Hopefully this is a bug or we are misinterpreting it or something though because that would be whack

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=48677520&f=272

This topic shows some solid proof that its just the way it is right now for axes. Hopefully it will be changed soon

Borrow Jonas club instead, Axes are by far the worst weapon in this verison.

All weapons have lower critical strike now. But they crit more often. So avg "should" go up, while crits should go down. Meaning more consistent damage.
more or less like Paul said: You rather want a monster criting you for 400 dmg 3 time in a row, than 5000 once.

/e your AVG dmg went UP (you do more overall dmg) what are you complaining about again? If you want crits, go with swords/clubs...

This post was edited by jaywalker on Oct 11 2010 04:27am

avg is all that is important imo, i wonder however if it will be the same with an all dex build

nah. this was not meant to be a cry thread or something. only was wondering if i made something wrong or if its normal, that dmg changes so much @ this version

boo hoo

u should be happy with ur gear

Axes is worthless in this version.

Clubs and daggers > Swords and staves > Axes

It's normal