Phat Loot Phriday: Messenger of Fate
by Mike Schramm 
Nov 23rd 2007 at 4:17PM
Name: Messenger of Fate
Type: Epic One-hand Dagger
Damage/Speed: 112-169 / 1.40 (100.4 DPS)
Abilities:
- +22 Agility, +31 Stamina
- On equip: increases attack power by 44.
- Handmade for Rogues to use as an offhand. The speed makes up for all those offhand misses, and while Warriors who know what they're doing might like this one, too (since most of their abilities are all based on "next attack" procs), Rogues should get first pick on this one. This weapon was made for them.
- Also, while we're told the pic above is what this dagger looks like in 2.3, it used to look different. We're not sure why Blizzard changed it-- the old look is a little cooler. But then again, this new look is much closer to the icon.
Getting Rid of It: Disenchants into a Void Crystal, or vendors for 14g 22s 63c.
Filed under: Items, Tips, Instances, Raiding, Phat Loot Phriday
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Cairnehoof Nov 23rd 2007 4:56PM
Ugh I hate this boss. If you can down him then good luck on getting this. Bloodboil is one of the hardest end game bosses.
Naj Nov 23rd 2007 6:38PM
Really, you got any idea what you are talking about? The speed is not to make up for misses, it's for Combat Potency procs. Any decent rogue is hit capped. Also, how are most of warriors' abilities "on next attack"? The only such attacks are Cleave and Heroic Strike that hit with Main Hand only.
Dan Nov 23rd 2007 6:34PM
>> But then again, this new look is much closer to the icon.
Dan Nov 23rd 2007 6:37PM
(Sorry, brackets screwed up the last comment)
>> But then again, this new look is much closer to the icon.
Err, in the screenshot, I'm not sure if that's the old look or the new look. I assume it's the new look, but it's not very easy to see. So how am I supposed to know whether it was cooler before? Or what the icon looks like?
I think a certain blogger was off out for the evening, remembered 'argh crap, I was supposed to do PLP today', and chucked something together pretty quickly.
joerendous Nov 23rd 2007 11:30PM
calm down buddy. everything will be ok.
Comic Nov 24th 2007 12:45AM
You shall be flammed for any mistake!!!! EVERYONE IS PERFECT!!! ROAROAR
YPEELS40 Nov 24th 2007 1:39AM
most rogues are usually swords in high end raids anyway. Combat daggers ... falls short to combat swords..
Ben Nov 24th 2007 2:04AM
The "on next" attacks have no bearing on offhands, but the recent Whirlwind and Sweeping Strikes changes give Fury warriors ample cause to go with slow offhanders as well as mainhanders.
Naj Nov 24th 2007 3:10AM
@6 There's a difference between not having perfect knowledge and purely misinforming people that read these articles and take every word as true.
LEAX Nov 24th 2007 5:39AM
HUNTER WEAPON ! :)
Izbay Nov 24th 2007 6:56AM
@4 and 9
He also rips off peoples work :/
http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/11/12/wow-insider-patch-2-3-preview-zulaman/#comments
Bree Nov 24th 2007 7:29AM
I just wanted to post and say that its not right that Mike stole a ZA map from a friend a fellow guildmate that created it, and cropped out the part that said who made it. Stealers suck!!!! Please give the proper person credit for it!
Abbot Nov 26th 2007 6:33PM
"all those offhand misses"? any raiding rogue that's in BT will have enough +hit for that not to be the case... as for the weapon speed.... well, if you have even a level 20 rogue, you know that off-hand speed is for more poison procs... sorry to moan - I do really enjoy wowinsider, but that comment did strike me as rather [incredibly] uninformed.
Sirsplatter Nov 24th 2007 8:11AM
Yea, taking credit for something thats obviously not your creation is pretty craptastic. Give Izbay credit for his map. I believe you will continue to get flamed and questioned at every post as to who you stole it from until you do.
Razin Nov 24th 2007 9:53AM
In the tradition of the Wowinsider methods of independent and not-stealing-at-all methods of creation, I've painted this lovely picture:
http://avline.abacusline.co.uk/pictures/jpeg/pics/mona.jpg
Che Nov 24th 2007 11:44AM
If this were an actual media outlet, you'd be fired for plagiarism. Feel free to make corrections and a public acknowledgment of your "oversight" before your bosses realize that your journalism skills are lacking.
Mike Schramm Nov 24th 2007 12:19PM
I did give the person credit for that map in the article itself.
Rich Nov 25th 2007 5:43PM
"Warriors who know what they're doing might like this one, too (since most of their abilities are all based on "next attack" procs)"
Resign please