Which Darklight set?

[NefGP]

I get that, but Garuda's is still strictly better, assuming you get your stats high enough. That's what bothers me.

[Brannigan]

I get that, but Garuda's is still strictly better, assuming you get your stats high enough. That's what bothers me.

So for a long time in WoW delay was calculated into the damage of instant attacks (basically weaponskills) in such a way that slow weapons were almost ALWAYS better for damage. An easy to get slow weapon that was bad on paper (low dps or stats or whatever) could outclass something that was more difficult to get and that should have been better. If DPS wasn't a factor in weaponskills here you might see a similar effect, where a weapon like Ifrit's Axe ends up being the best because of its high damage rating, despite the ease of Ifrit compared to a boss like Garuda.

It does make it so some weapons are strictly better than others, but I don't really see that as a bad thing as long as the content is more challenging. Ifrit should give out bad weapons because he is a pushover compared to Garuda. You could make a case for the Grand Company or Giantsgall weapons being too good I guess, though.