I never said Ebotd Warpike is the best weapon for a barb, druid, or any other character in the game... I just simply said it's better then an Eth Tomb Reaver for a GOLD FIND Barb, as the barbs main weapon.
Reasons? Simple
1) way WAY more damage, any way you slice it. A gold find barbs equipment is set. The only item that varies is the weapon (or boots and belt, but those don't add procs like deadly, crushing, or sockets anyway)
2) Mana leech, which when your Gold Finding the council, there's a shit load of WW'ing going on, and a lot of mana drain by the council. With Botd, you don't need mana pots
3) Life leech. See above
4) Range. Warpike just hits more guys more of the time. More hits = More damage
5) requirements for botd are lower, meaning less str and more life
6) Coolness factor
You don't see too many 415% Ebotd Warpikes around...
I was simply pointing out to Synonyn, since he can't read and doesn't seem to even play the game, that putting Eth Tomb Reaver as the second best choice is rediculous. It's probably 5th or 6th. Leave the Tomb Reaver for the mercs... Barbs main weapon should be something much better then that POS item.
This post was edited by xu-godx on Jan 11 2010 02:33am