Talk:Drake Sword/@comment-25646076-20141108223135/@comment-25950924-20150108012958

That makes sense. I guess the Drake sword can be used as sort of a benchmark on how effective your other weapons are. I t seems like the Black knight sword has the same issue. Even though it does scale, it's the base damage is really high compared to similar weapons.

Another thing to point out is that pine resins are more available later (due to being able to acquire more souls quicker) which make regular weapons better. Something else I didn't realize is that the sorcery buffs last 60 seconds. I was thinking it was only 15 seconds, but that's the magic shield.