Why is Sundering so prized?

Howdy,

As the title points out, I'm wondering why the sundering mod is so prized. All I'm seeing is a ten-percent chance to get ten-percent armor penetration.

So what? :O

It's like increasing penis length by a quarter inch.

Nobody will notice but you.

^
He said it all (I'm still recovering from the laugh)

+1%dmg for a perfect upgrade, how thrilling!

well I like it, thats why... and alot other ppl like it to

Almost without exception, knowledgable players don't "prize" sundering mods at all, quite the opposite. Simple math tells the story.

And lol at crazy diamond.

but if that quarter inch is a significant increase from the original size then I am sure the girlfriend will notice

Crazy Diamond is dead on correct.

Sleazeh: that avatar is awesome. I'm laughing my ass off over here.

Generally vampiric string probably causes more damage but some people cannot be bothered with switching bows all the time due to health degen.

Personally I do use a sundering hornbow even although I know it's not the best deal - it's just a personal quirk.

I find elemental mods to be of more use here, especialy whenyou got the right conjure

well I just love the idea having 10/10 sundering with:

weaken armour: -20% armour
penetrating attack: +17 dmg -20%armour
and then hoping you hit the string

The answer is how often do you pick up a weapon and able to salvage 10/10 sundering mod out of it? You are paying the rarity here.

When the string procs, the damage dealt by the bow increases considerably. 10% AP is a lot. The only problem is the 10% chance that goes with it. It adds so little to your DPS that it might as well not be there.

yes hoping you will do like 5 more damage with the odds of landing a blow while blinded, SO UBER IM SPEACHLESS
see above, but less damage, same sarcasm though

You know, my ranger found an Ivory bow, 10/10 sundering, 13>50, +29 health. He's positively giddy. To change that to a vamp means destroying the string, not something I'm likely to do.

I also salvaged a +30 fortitude grip... to put that on the bow destroys the +29... senseless.

So, to answer the question from one perspective, it's better than getting rid of the sundering.

As for buying the string... the appeal of damage ignoring armor and getting in is strong, especially without the constant detriment of health degeneration which, albeit negligible, is visually annoying.

also paying the the perfection. a perfect sundering axe haft = between 30k and 50k, a 10/9 is 8k-15k

Hahahahaha dying here.

If that's a significant increase... she never noticed in the first place.

Plus we now know why she comes home late smiling.

I notice atleast +15 damage when the 10% kicks in.

In the mind's eye of those who like the mod, it's their solution to maximizing the damage output from their weapon. I prefer vamp or even furious upgrades over sundering but that's just me.

It's enormous. At 16 Marksmanship and with a perfect bow, sundering will add, on average, 4.3 damage every time it procs! AWESOME! It's even better if you crit, then it adds 6.1 damage to your critical hit! ZOMG! Those huge procs totally make up for it only triggering 10% of the time.

Sundering is k-rad I liek it a lot!!!


Five reasons:

1) PvE players do not understand weapon swapping, or they do not believe in doing it. They want their one Ub3R weapon that they keep out *ALL* the time.
2) PvE players do not like things with drawbacks. When the math is poorly understood (ala, it doesn't make numbers on their character screen go up) they use things without drawbacks.
3) PvE players would much rather run around with terrible equipment that 'looks cool' than use something that's actually good.
4) 10/10 sundering is the rarest prefix for bows, and ties for rarest on melee weapons. If there's one thing we've learned from MMOs, it's that rarity = cool.
5) Everyone else likes sundering, and they're paying huge money for it, so if you want to be cool like the masses you need it too.

Peace,
-CxE