Warhammer Heirloom

[Ghazan]

Can someone clarify once and for all whether an heirloomed warhammer increases or decreases in speed?

Everytime I ask someone, I get a different answer.  Ive heard it loses speed, gains speed, and even stays the same.

I think its a great weapon and a fun change from my sword to go around thumping people, but Im not sure if it would be worth it to heirloom if it loses speed.  It already does enough damage, and the added weight would only increase knockdown percentage slightly.  Its not like heirlooming other hammer type weapons where you're doing it for crushthrough.

[Zanthos]

http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,965.0.html

[Ghazan]

Thanks! So according to that thread, a fully heirloomed warhammer has + 2 speed, + 5 blunt, + 3 pierce, but makes no mention of weight.

[tony]

The weight won't change

[Ghazan]

Hmm, so no increase in KD chance then if the weight stays the same. 

The only time its harder to use is against those ninja type builds where the short reach + speed of the ninja make the counter attack window miniscule.

[1slander]

Ninja's don't call you out.  Is this sort of behaviour really necessary?

Troll

[Ghazan]

I need my first point

[Engine]

The weight will increase, but only on the first heirloom (Heavy). Fortunately speed will remain the same.