No one loves the poor EBOTD GPA

I wonder about the lack of love for EBOTD GPAs. I clearly understand the appeal of Ribcrackers, and the rarity of the Tomb Reaver alone no doubt adds to its popularity, but why do so few people mention the EBOTD GPA?

According to the speed calcs, the EBOTD swings 4.46 times per second, a respectable 82% of the Reaver's 5.43/sec. The perfect 415% GPA average damage is slightly higher than a perfect 360% Eth Reaver (666 vs 630), and the -25% to target defense mod on the GPA will help actually deliver damage to the target, but I'll grant that the final effect damage from a Tomb Reaver is probably still higher.

I'd consider the MF and Resists of the Reaver to be mostly a wash with the other features of the GPA such as +attributes, -25% def, dual leech, etc.

Ultimately though, the difficulty of getting a good (3 sock eth)Reaver is insanely high, whereas the difficulty of getting a GPA around 400% ed is comparatively easy. So is the exclusivity, bragging rights, etc. associated with the Tomb Reaver the reason why it gets so much attention? Is there some fundamental flaw with using the GPA (aside from the slightly slower attack rate)? Is there something else that I'm missing?

Yours confusedly,

Curby|||No one loves the eBotD GPA?

This is what I'm keeping for my Wolf. Note that this item is in single-player


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Breath of the Dying 
Superior Great Poleaxe 
VexHelElEldZodEth 
Two Hand Damage: 345 - 950 
Durability: 31 of 31 
Required Level: 69 
Required Strength: 136 
Required Dexterity: 72 
Fingerprint: 0x82773efb 
Item Level: 85 
Version: Expansion 1.10+ 
50% Chance to cast level 20 Poison Nova when you Kill an Enemy 
Indestructible 
+60% Increased Attack Speed 
400% Enhanced Damage 
-25% Target Defense 
+50 to Attack Rating 
+200% Damage to Undead 
+50 to Attack Rating against Undead 
7% Mana stolen per hit 
15% Life stolen per hit 
Prevent Monster Heal 
All Stats +30 
+1 to Light Radius 
Increase Maximum Durability 12% 
Requirements -20% Ethereal 
6 Sockets (6 used) 
Socketed: Vex Rune 
Socketed: Hel Rune 
Socketed: El Rune 
Socketed: Eld Rune 
Socketed: Zod Rune 
Socketed: Eth Rune

This will be his main weapon which I plan to use the Nihlithak quest to personalize. Fact is for a singler-player, I'm never going to find a eth Tomb Reaver with 3 sockets, decent rolls as well as two 40/15s however with 1.13 increased rune drops, I can actually make a second BotD as well|||it is not that nobody loves gp botd, but all mention tomb as best 2 hander for pvp and ribcracker for pvm. i used gp for some time before i got my first etomb|||Quote:








it is not that nobody loves gp botd, but all mention tomb as best 2 hander for pvp and ribcracker for pvm. i used gp for some time before i got my first etomb




In pvm, both eth tomb reaver and ebotd gpa kill faster than upped ribbie(eth or not). At least my CS run benchmarking in players 8 confirmed it. And plenty of damage potential:

http://i41.tinypic.com/23j0dus.jpg|||screenshots from editors dont impress me...|||Quote:








screenshots from editors dont impress me...




At least they provide academic information of it performance|||*sigh*

A: Everyone loves EBotD. It's not discussed a lot because when giving ranges of gear, it falls between Tomby and Ribby.

B: Ribby is, per cost, the best PvM weapon. Yes, Perfect eth Tomby and 4XX ED EBotD can kill faster. Oh noes.|||Very roughly speaking, an upped non-eth Ribcracker probably takes around 1 HR worth of resources to acquire/build. EBOTD GPA probably takes around 3. I have no idea what a fully outfitted eth 3-sock Reaver takes to acquire/build, but I'd guess around ten times as much (for non-perfect %ED). In short:

Ribcracker: reasonably effective, dirt cheap

EBOTD GPA: extremely effective, moderately affordable

Tomb Reaver: effectiveness is highly variable, and anything approaching EBOTD is astronomically expensive

I'd argue that a reasonably well-off player with a few runes to spend on a weapon can look at the GPA as a very reasonably-priced and effective upgrade from the Ribcracker (instead of, say, spending the funds on an eth upped ribby), yet so many posts seem to imply that from the Ribcracker, there's no other feasible upgrade path besides the Reaver. I just wanted to make sure that there isn't some critical flaw in the EBOTD that I'm missing. Lacking that, I wanted this thread to be a reminder that the EBOTD is pretty awesome for its cost, just like the Ribcracker.|||what stands out on ribcracker is 50 % crushing

thats why i recomend stormlash (as 1 hander) cause of combination of crushing and static


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At least they provide academic information of it performance




it show information of huge damage, low life and crap resistances|||Quote:








it show information of huge damage, low life and crap resistances




Ok, heres it with a more viable charm setup then: http://i40.tinypic.com/35mldp2.jpg