Talk:Life stealing

I heard that the life stolen is from the damage already dealt. That is, a life stealing upgrade does not deal any extra damage. Can anyone confirm this? The article is in direct contrast to this. --Hewus 21:52, 26 October 2005 (EST)
 * Life stealing appears as a separate damage so I would guess that it is on top of the normal damage - like the Orders. Shandy 04:49, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Vampiric doesn't do additional damage (unless it's changed recently). Someone from gwonline did a test a long time ago and found that vampiric just subtracts 5 damage from the total and displays it as a seperate number. Also, think of it from a balance perspective: +5 damage completely makes mods like sundering useless. And on top of that it heals? No way. I haven't changed this article, because I can't find the aforementioned test anywhere, but I suggest someone look into it.
 * I dunno. It's damage that can't be buffed or modified, like the way a Fiery or Shocking weapon can with the Conjure spells, or some of the spirits. Having it move an extra 5 hp (considering it's got the -1 degen) doesn't seem out of line. --Nunix 02:02, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

The major benefit seems to be the increase in the health (life) of the wielder of the weapon. A 5/-1 vampiric bow in conjunction with the ranger elite skill "Barrage" results in +30 Health when firing into a crowd of enemies. PhilB 14:31 19 Feb 2006.
 * General attack-speed increases like Tiger's Fury or "I Will Avenge You!" also work pretty well. --130.58 02:39, 20 February 2006 (CST)

Someone has done a test, 10 trials of Sundering and 10 trials of Vampiric, killing lv60 armor in Isle of the Nameless, and Vampiric consistently killed faster. Now, I'm not advocating that Vampiric is always better or what, but that particular test, if the numbers are accurate, shows that Vampiric at least deals more than just the regular amount of damage, since Sundering definitely deals more damage than a plain weapon. Whether the testing was sufficiently extensive or the numbers accurate is a whole debatable issue, but just want to throw that out there. -PanSola 02:46, 20 February 2006 (CST)