It is what pvpers wanted, powerfull weapons easily reachable without t4 raiding !
70 str = 210 combat rating = 5.7 dps
Just for making sure you understand basic weapon damage calculations, Irishterion...
1 dps = 36,6 combat rating.
1 strength = 3 combat rating.
76 strength = 228 combat rating.
228 combat rating = 6,33 dps
122 + 6,33 = 128,33 dps.
Bringing your glorious east cleave just shy of 130dps... :-) So.. 225 dps on weapon is quite A LOT.
Perspective; to add the same dps to T4 sword from strength, would need
225dps - 128,33dps = 96,67 dps difference.
96,67 dps x 36.6 combat rating = 3538,122 combat rating
3538,122 / 3 = 1179.374 STRENGTH
You would need almost ONETHOUSANDTWOHUNDRED STRENGTH to make up for the difference in DPS :-) Or around 3500 combat rating. That is more combat rating than on a full Tamarin Tiger heavy armor set.
Thanks for the reports. We are aware of this maybe a little over the top mining tool and the belt and they will be corrected in the next update.
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