Flav wrote on Aug 22
nd, 2014 at 11:50am:
If you want those fucking weapons epicified then you will have to go the Occupy Stormreach way... and eventually they might listen... and give in by giving you weapons that sucks anyway they really really do not want to obsolete Thunderforged Weapons
They don't have to obsolete TF weaps, and they don't have to suck either.
They could be special purpose/swapables?
How about a good lycanthrope beater for all those revamped werewolves in the new raid? An anti-beholder weapon that protects you from the anti-magic eye in an arc behind the wielder (an anti-anti-magic item if you prefer!)?
How about a natural bane 100 weapon to help combat the rapid influx of CR80 rats, spiders, wolves, cats, dogs and sheep into the game?
You have to watch the latter, sneaky bastards.
Hell, people might just prefer those weapons over the TF just so they don't have to look at the smoke cloud all day everyday!
Maybe have some weapons obtainable in this raid, that are beneficial in the next raid somehow?
Heck there's plenty of options other than +20 metallic holy smiting banishing disrupting aligned feather of pure good uberness.
The TF weapons borrowed from Shroud in many respects, and that was a good idea. TF weapons have the potential to be great with so many permutations at the player's disposal, but they mucked up the balance and now mortal fear is just about the only thing any melee goes for. So non-craftable items from the new raid shouldn't threaten the TF weapons.
Maybe just some fun ones.