Hotfix Magic Weapon?

**melianor** · 28-05-2012, 00:53

Hm, looks like Magic Weapon got hotfixed. No matter what combination of weapon/offhand i equip its just the 15% that it should be like in the description... Anyone else noticed that?

**AbsoluteZero** · 28-05-2012, 04:24

Seems so, however it's still screwy as hell, with no rune I boost my damage from 1920 to 2296, a boost of around 19%, not 10%. This is with a 2 handed weapon.

With a 1 handed weapon I boost my damage from 2595 to 3103, a boost of around 19% also.

And with the force weapon rune the boost goes to 2496 ( 2 hander ) and 3373 ( 1 hander ), a boost of around 30%.

So they may have fixed one glitch, but it's still a lot more powerful then the descriptions would have you believe, in fact, why would anyone not have magic weapon with force rune? which multiplies your entire final damage by 1.3?

**PhoeniX Skye** · 28-05-2012, 17:59

Originally Posted by AbsoluteZero

Seems so, however it's still screwy as hell, with no rune I boost my damage from 1920 to 2296, a boost of around 19%, not 10%. This is with a 2 handed weapon.

With a 1 handed weapon I boost my damage from 2595 to 3103, a boost of around 19% also.

And with the force weapon rune the boost goes to 2496 ( 2 hander ) and 3373 ( 1 hander ), a boost of around 30%.

So they may have fixed one glitch, but it's still a lot more powerful then the descriptions would have you believe, in fact, why would anyone not have magic weapon with force rune? which multiplies your entire final damage by 1.3?

Wait, if what you say is true, then what glitch is fixed? Prior to any fix Magic Weapon gave 20% and Force Rune gives 30....

**AbsoluteZero** · 28-05-2012, 21:00

I think before if you had a shield or orb equipped then it doubled the effect. Or maybe I'm wrong about that.

**PhoeniX Skye** · 29-05-2012, 01:26

I'm tested both 1H with source and 2H, with Force Weapon, and it's still 30%...

**magicrectangle** · 29-05-2012, 03:48

They should fix the tooltip instead of nerfing the effect. At 15% I wouldn't use it. Even at 30% I keep looking at it and thinking about replacing it with frost nova.

**Grumpy Old Wizard** · 29-05-2012, 10:33

Magic Weapon gives an undocumented boost to attack speed as well. Attack speed has a greater impact on weapons that are already fast (like wands) than it does on slow weapons (like a two handed maul.) That accounts for the discrepency in 1H vs 2H results.

**Flamingcloud** · 29-05-2012, 14:26

Everytime I ever looked with my slow 2H I was getting around 30.5% I tested with a 1h+orb and got the exact same increase to like 7 decimal places..

**PhoeniX Skye** · 29-05-2012, 15:56

Originally Posted by Flamingcloud

Everytime I ever looked with my slow 2H I was getting around 30.5% I tested with a 1h+orb and got the exact same increase to like 7 decimal places..

Yes, I don't think it's tied to Attack speed; I've tried those combos as well.

So, OP, I'm wondering why you saw the nerf? Seems like it still works for other people.

**melianor** · 30-05-2012, 13:06

Originally Posted by PhoeniX Skye

Yes, I don't think it's tied to Attack speed; I've tried those combos as well.

So, OP, I'm wondering why you saw the nerf? Seems like it still works for other people.

As i wrote this it was late in the night and i was confused by some dps changes from replacing an armor that i was using at that time.
I recalculated the current increase in damage with Magic Weapon Force Weapon and all is fine again. Sorry for the wrong post :/