Your initial argument is part of why we tweaked it up (by raising the minimum value) until the unweighted average was slightly higher than one.

We're fine with the existence of a tradeoff between hunting weaker characters (and gaining charges only slowly, but with less risk of being defeated), and being a guy who intentionally goes after because they're tough.

I also think the difference between an AP with 0 charges and an AP with, say, 15 charges, is very small. +70 hp, +70 mana, +8/+8 hit/dam is nice and all, but it's just not a big difference, especially considering you probably stripped around +3/+3 or so off of the weapon by blessing it in the first place. The controls are pretty nice, and those don't go away when you die. Given the number of APs (or members of any class) who go on PK runs of much longer than 15 or so with no losses, I think most people vastly overestimate the importance of the weapon's current charge.

valguarnera@carrionfields.com