Talk:Falchion/@comment-75.84.41.92-20140710053342

I'm torn between upgrade paths on this weapon. I keep reading that normally +15 weapons with buffs will outdamage ones upgraded down the unupgradable paths like magic or enchanted, but is it really a huge difference to the point that one should basically never bother with any path except standard (assuming they plan to use buffs often?)

Lets say for a theoretical INT build, using a falchion, keeping STR and DEX at minimum levels and raising INT to 50. A +15 falchion would give around 205 base dmg. On the other hand an +5 enchanted falchion would give 148 Phy + 153 Mag dmg, plus the A scaling which would add to the Mag dmg (idk what that exact number is). So my question basically is, even with such high INT scaling, is that still not a good enough bonus to surpass the buffs given by say, CMW?