Why Cronk's Test is Inconclusive - The Stats

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Cronk wrote:

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FACT: All weapons can get shit rolls

Yes indeed. Or rather, 'most' items do indeed give shit rolls.

However, again, it's in the breakdown that we find the breakdown.

The wand is split between two main usages - physical attack and Spellcaster. This does not happen with a Bow. Every Bow mod will assist a Bow user as the item only has one function. The Wand has two functions.

For me, any wand with Accuracy, +Physical, +Elemental et al, are all not 'slightly' useless, but useless in that they might as well be a different item useless.

Likewise for a physical Wand user, my stats, Spell Damage, Cast Speed et al are not 'entriely' useless, but a lot less useful.

So Wand users are looking for a subsection of a main section which is, in reality, the equivalent in loot drops and mods to a subsection of a subsection.

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Cronk wrote:

No, it's not 'useless', it just less useful. it is a melee weapon which has some physical attack damage attached to it which a Duelist of any kind could find 'use' with as an off-hand weapon until a better one arose, the elemental bonuses and speed bonuses making up for the lack of crit mods.

A witch who finds a 'useless' wand, really does find a 'useless' wand, as in the slot could be empty and it would make no difference.

Wands for spellcasters are accessories, not weapons. It's most comparable to a Belt, only with more potentially abstract mods.