True, weapons were both lacking in classic, and made pretty irrelevant with Kunark I wont disagree with that. But I'm the kinda guy that wished kunark was ratcheted down 5 levels and all the items reduced in power by about 25% so, it's not gonna take much to convince me that kunark was also too powerful.
It's just that compared to what you get with velious, it's not as powerful.
edit: wait, let me clarify
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] not as powerful, with regards to making earlier content irrelevant.