facebreaker builds vs weapon build

Yes i divined jewelled and linked the coil myself, was a ton of work but definitely more fun than buying 1!

And as for the dmg, i am aiming for 35k and 5k+life, now i'm at 26k and 4k hp.
I don't see nothing really expensive in my gear.The leg items were found in previous patches in which they weren't so expensive as they're now to buy anyway.

I don't know about "average means 5 ex worth of gears". Do average players really spend 5 ex on gears? The most expensive setup I've ever build is around 3.5 ex. That would put me in the poor player category then.

My gears are all self-found, except for the BoR which I bought for 1.5 ex. (I was idly perusing the trade chat and this came up, I jumped right in.) So I paid a total of maybe 2 ex for all the gears (including the chaos used in crafting). Yes, it is incomplete. Yes, it is not even of "end-game" rolls. Thus, IMHO, my gears are very average.

Now compare what FB can do with gears such as mine. I even tried to swap FB with my setup, and I can only hit 16k or so with infernal blow. Maybe comparing FB setup to CI is an exaggeration. My bad. However, my point that FB is not for casual player, and requires a lot of investment still stands. Average weapon setup wins hands down against average Facebreaker setup.

Lets put it this way... once you equip FBs in the early game you will not find a better 1H weapon that does the same or better DPS as FB till atleast maps and even then thats gonna cost you more than the FBs for sure! and comparing a 2H to FB is no good because you lose the shield you run with FB!

FBs hands down is gonna be the better cheaper choice to any other 1H+Shield build!