I think a sword would look cool on the sorc, provide more unique/build diversity, and provide slightly more revenue on cosmetics. I don’t believe adding this weapon option would give the sorc any unfair advantage, ultimately the dagger would be better for almost all sorc builds, considering how large the close damage radius is and the nerf to crit dmg on swords in s0. It would just open us up to use very cool weapons like the Doombringer and make vampiric powers like hemomancy more useful for sorc.
Open to feedback.
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Any changes to the weapon system is appreciated, Doombringer on sorc would be great idd. I cried a little when I realized my sorc could not equip an Azurewrath(or any other sword) in this Diablo… and seeing other classes quip more than one set of wapons while sorc still have to choose 2h vs 1h/offhand ugh…
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Reminds me of melee Sorc build in D2.
I hope that we’ll get a Battlemage class from Xian’sai somewhere down the road. Maybe in the 2nd expansion.
They use daggeres already.
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It makes the game sub par, if i want a damn 2 handed hammer on my sorc i should be able to use one. Or a shield. Or a bow. The restricted weapon types is so stupid, also… the “sorc staffs” and “druid staffs” are seperate, buying skins from one makes it unusable on the other, it sucks.
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I like this idea. Sorcs are more petit than other classes so any one hander would make sense IMO
Better yet, sorc should be able to grab a hold of an ice blade that’s been summoned.
This ice blade should have same stats as 2H grandfather in 1H weapon, and have bonus ice nova damage like Andy helm.
This could also serve as the 3rd enchantment slot of the sorc. 
-I appreciate that you are bringing something new to the table for consideration.
-That being said, I disagree. While I appreciate you bringing it up and realize that if far more people than myself agree, perhaps it should be implemented but for me…
-sword and sorc don’t go together unless a Battle Mage is implemented. I have NEVER used dagger on my many sorc builds though you say it is common. Lucky hit wands, etc proc WAY more things from passives and paragons. Ball Sorcs like to use dagger for obvious reasons but the current status of Ball Lightning won’t last outside of the season (in my opinion).
-Again, while I may disagree, I like your thought process.
I prefer if we can equip both Staff, Wand, and Dagger just like Barbs and Rogues for the extra bonuses.
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re:weapons, the only thing i wish (want) them to change is the mandatory items for certain builds. ie, you HAVE to use Lam Esen if you want any success with Charged Bolt, you HAVE to use Endless Rage if you want any success with Fireball etc (yeah, you can use something else, but you would really gimp yourself), while other builds can just go around with random drops, enchants, aspects… It takes away a lot of versatility + getting these in 925 quality is close to impossible