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Originally Posted by Stinkum
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I'm a numbers junkie, even though not to the level of some of the forum goers. When I say that GFG > ebon mace it's because I've been watching my logs with gameparse since I made my SK. I don't have anything conveniently ready to share atm because my logs aren't sorted into different files for which weapon I'm using or some shit, however. I did use ebon mace and deathbringers rod for a while in the mid-30s because I had sold my old GFG for a while, and I seem to recall doing maybe 5% more DPS with the rod.
Remember that, especially for a soloing SK who is casting a lot of lifetaps and stuff while in melee, a faster weapon is going to miss out on relatively more DPS time because of spellcasts. I can cast a lifedraw (40 SK) between swings of an oggok cleaver (even with CoF haste) without EVER having the swing timer pushed back because it comes due while lifespike is still casting; I'll probably delay some melee rounds if I'm using a 40-delay or a 36-delay weapon even if I just had fbss haste though. But if I'm swinging a 24 delay weapon even with NO haste, I'm going to be losing melee time every single time I cast lifedraw (2.45 second cast plus latency and human element).
Now imagine you're rocking item haste (even just an fbss) and spell haste (even just a shaman's buff) while swinging a 2.4 second delay weapon. You're going to end up losing DPS time even casting DC or SV.