Quote (Vaeflare @ Oct 15 2020 01:49am)
Thanks for the detailed response! I’ll try to take your advice and go for a mixed set, but it messes with my OCD bad, lol. Also, if I’m statting all strength for axes and then start using something else will it mess things up as far as the ratios are concerned? Or does it not make a huge difference?
statting strength is good for all 3 barb/fighter weapons.
statting dex is good for axes as well but bad for both clubs/swords.
So stat strength for fighter/barb always and you should be ok (unless using heavy weapons but that's uncommon)
I'm not necessarily recommending you do mixed, but really the price difference is enormous and it makes more sense to do the climbs faster. Nothing wrong with going axes, but thought i'd make it clear there's a substantial price difference at higher amounts of EE.
It may happen that eventually you switch to all swords or all clubs. See how it goes and what's for sale
The main differences:
Swords can be used on Fighter/barb, Samurai, Paladin and ninja. So when you decide to try out some of the other classes, swords are good for that reason. Works well with strength
Clubs can be used on Fighter/barb and Paladin. (also guardian but that's usually not helpful). The main reason they're cheap is the lack of classes they can be used by. Works well with strength
Axes can be used on Fighter/barb, Paladin and Headhunter. Seeing headhunter cannot use any other weapon type, EVERYONE who reaches that class needs to own a set of axes or able to borrow some, this is why the price is significantly higher. Works well with strength/dex or a mixture of both.
The other 2 weapon types work well with dex:
Staffs: Can be used on rogue/monk. Due to limited flexibility, these are usually similarly priced to clubs.
Daggers: Can be used on Rogue/Samurai/Monk/Ninja. Daggers and axes will cover all melee classes, which is partly why daggers are also very expensive (very similar to axe prices)
Heavy weapons in general are reasonably expensive simply due to their rarity. This also usually makes it difficult to collect complete sets of them. Lots of info on classes here:
https://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/index.php?g=2I've simplified it a little bit by ignoring all the caster classes.