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Changelog
23 Jun 2025 - As of June 30th the following changes to the Rule 5 will come into force: the duration of the automatic ban for exceeding the unjustified kills limit will be derived directly from the number of prior bans imposed for the same reason on the given account. The first ban will be applied for 7 days (as was until now), but the second for 30 days, and each subsequent one for 30 days longer than the pervious one. The limit for unjustified kills remains as is.
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I ran some numbers on my calculator. 80 skill 39 armor vs Dwarf Guard - a classic grind mob.
Scenario
Damage dealt
Damage taken
Damage / taken
GS Offensive
57.79
13.58
4.26
GS Balanced
40.04
7.43
5.39
GS Defensive
10.97
2.59
4.24
F Axe Offensive
38.18
6.86
5.57
F Axe Balanced
25.62
2.89
8.87
F Axe Defensive
5.84
0.95
6.15
From this Fire Axe is about 3% less costs but 5% slower. ( Giant Sword on Balanced vs Fire Axe Offensive). This may be made worse for Axe when considering Axe’s worse training efficiency (mentioned by Dratini).
Fire Axe on Balanced takes about 60% the damage of GS on balance - a significant improvement although with 60% of the kill speed.
So I agree with your point that you can save a lot of UH with Fire Axe on balance, if you are happy with that slower kill speed.