Talk:Vampire

Why Axe Mastery and not Sword? Is it just a preference? I'm assuming you go one-handed for the extra focus energy, so hammer's out. --Nunix 15:06, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Why "popular"? I've never seen this discussed or used.

Thoughts and criticism: The Order of the Vampire page itself tells us that a Warrior just can't keep it up for very long. Especially without any kind of attack boost (which would increase health gain from OotV and energy gain from a zealous weapon), I'd figure that this is a misguided idea: every 7 seconds, you're wasting 10 energy, 2 seconds of action, and, for most level 20 warriors, somewhere around 100 health. What do you get in return? Something like 4 hits of +13 damage / 13 stolen health. And at the cost of having any skill points to raise your Strength score. Cyclone Axe can certainly help that dramatically, certainly, but I think that, in most situations, you're going to be breaking even on the hp loss at best. If we're talking about taking a truly prodigious number of monsters in PvE, this guy doesn't really have any defense (e.g. stances) to keep their damage from overwhelming him, I think, even with the Cyclone Axe healing. An explanation of how exactly this warrior keeps from wearing himself out would be appreciated. If the OotV/Cyclone is viable, I'd dump Vampiric Gaze and Touch, at least, and pick up some adrenal axe attacks that can be quickly charged with Cyclone. 130.58 12:27, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, I get it: this is a mislabeled N/W. Hence the Soul Reaping (duh!). Should fix the energy issues. Changed it appropriately. 130.58 14:23, 30 January 2006 (UTC)