I’ve been levelling an alt rogue and have been eyeing up what weapons to get as I progress. Naturally as swords are the best for DPS and once you focus on a weapon specialisation you’re pretty much locked into using that weapon exclusively.
While swords are undoubtedly the best for damage, I was wondering if anyone had tried leveling with mace spec instead?
While killing mobs for levelling, your efficiency is determined by the speed at which you kill mobs offset by your downtime. I was intrigued by mace spec for three reasons.
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a stunned mob cannot attack you. Less damage taken means less downtime. Particularly effective v caster mobs on whom it will reset cast times.
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a stunned mob cannot block dodge or parry.
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the mace skill from the talent frees up two extra points that won’t be required in weapon expertise.
Obviously overall you might perform less damage in instances and even single mob farming. But do these 3 factors make the difference between maces and swords for single mob farming comparable?
There are other factors too such as very good quest reward swords etc, but has anyone else had any experience trying both out? Are we too blinded by the max dps meta to think outside the box? Or am I just bored at work theory crafting and trying to reinvent the wheel?
As the title says… Discuss 