Talk:Dual rape axes/@comment-201.239.151.164-20130917142748/@comment-89.223.33.219-20130917192207

If it doesn't have AoE capabilities, this weapon is just as lackluster as Embolist. Did they really add weapons for people who can't get rank 12 without vandals? Because there is nothing these new weapons do better or even EQUAL to older weapons. One guy on Embolist page speculated that it would be an AoE Acrid, with the idea of Torid and ammo efficiency of both Acrid-Torid. Turned out it's a crap almost worse(due to range) than recently buffed Ignis. And it costs more than Torid+Acrid combined.

Now these axes cost EVEN more(10 vs 7 masses). Unless they really boost speed to 1.5, add certain AoE damage to make this weapon compete hard in endgame with Fang\Orthos Prime, I do not see a normal or sane person crafting it. A reviewer, nerd farmer or just mentally challenged gamer - perhaps, but otherwise it's a better shot to aim at Orthos. You will be dealing charge damage anyway, and it will be a HUGE serrated burst.

Maybe, just maybe a fully-maxed DI with crit build, doing about 50% of crits for 450%+ poison damage can slightly outdps current Fang Prime(with it's sheer 75-100 noncharge burst), but that is a narrow field of application for melee weapon, the basic need for which is the ability to slaughter incoming infesteds. Single target damage in this case looks more like Mire, unnecessarily risen in price.