Why is soul Taker so outrageously expensive??

Why are you valuing the axe based the damage? It gives very competitive damage, if your asking why should I buy a ST for somewhat less DPS instead of mirror rare you already answered the question.

People value the no mana mod on it very high.

Also how it is overpriced? the NEW soul taker gives around 270-290 pdamage, EXACT same rare sell for 20-60 exalts.

No, 290 DPS rare sells for 8 ex. Your post was pretty decent until that last sentence, sadly.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/684637 290 DPS axe selling for 8 ex
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/231969 290 DPS axe sold for 7 ex
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/684637 290 DPS Mace sold for 8 ex

Of course ST is valued by its DPS. It's an attack weapon. Pros has to be weighed against cons and while it has mana cost on its side, its cons include low dps. If you don't measure its dps, would you even be defending a ST that has 100 DPS and selling for 60 ex? I don't think so.

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RagnarokChu wrote:

Why are you valuing the axe based the damage? It gives very competitive damage, if your asking why should I buy a ST for somewhat less DPS instead of mirror rare you already answered the question.

People value the no mana mod on it very high.

Also how it is overpriced? the NEW soul taker gives around 270-290 pdamage, EXACT same rare sell for 20-60 exalts.

Somewhat less DPS in comparison to a mirror rare? Low roll legacy are little over half of the DPS of the mirror rares.

ST's price is not because of the DPS, stop "defending" it's DPS.

So u are saying that 280pdps ST with dps supported gives better damage than +360 rare with blood magic gem?

You shouldn't have to link BM, or mana leech to you attack when using a rare physical damage weapon, period. This point renders half the benefit of ST useless.
I've used a rare weapon for over 4 months now and never have had mana issue. Right now I'm doing 63k LMP DPS with spectral throw.

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Bumblebutt wrote:

No, 290 DPS rare sells for 8 ex. Your post was pretty decent until that last sentence, sadly.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/684637 290 DPS axe selling for 8 ex
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/231969 290 DPS axe sold for 7 ex
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/684637 290 DPS Mace sold for 8 ex

Of course ST is valued by its DPS. It's an attack weapon. Pros has to be weighed against cons and while it has mana cost on its side, its cons include low dps. If you don't measure its dps, would you even be defending a ST that has 100 DPS and selling for 60 ex? I don't think so.

Okay factor in doing the same dps without all of the mana nodes or blood magic/mana leech gems for otherwise unsustainable attacks with an equivalent weapon.

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tinko92 wrote:

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RagnarokChu wrote:

Why are you valuing the axe based the damage? It gives very competitive damage, if your asking why should I buy a ST for somewhat less DPS instead of mirror rare you already answered the question.

People value the no mana mod on it very high.

Also how it is overpriced? the NEW soul taker gives around 270-290 pdamage, EXACT same rare sell for 20-60 exalts.

Somewhat less DPS in comparison to a mirror rare? Low roll legacy are little over half of the DPS of the mirror rares.

ST's price is not because of the DPS, stop "defending" it's DPS.

What is the point of this post, that is somewhat less DPS.

280 pdamage is for the NEW soul taker only worth 30-50 exalts.

The extra premium on legacy ST is because it's legacy and only way to get I don't need mana mod with higher dps.

The OP was about why is it OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive, all I am saying is that's acutely pretty moderately priced for what it does.

You don't randomly attach Soul Taker to your build and then magically thing it's an general improvement to every single existing build out there, the same reason why kaom's heart or Shav's doesn't apply to every build.

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RagnarokChu wrote:

Okay factor in doing the same dps without all of the mana nodes or blood magic/mana leech gems for otherwise unsustainable attacks with an equivalent weapon.

There's hardly anything "unsustainable". That's just a lie you tell yourself to make you feel better about buying a ST. . Do you see me linking any blood magic or mana leech gem?

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RagnarokChu wrote:

What is the point of this post, that is somewhat less DPS.

280 pdamage is for the NEW soul taker only worth 30-50 exalts.

Somewhat: to a moderate extent or by a moderate amount.
50% less damage is not moderate by any mean. And 50% is already an understatement. I'd say about 1/3 of a mirrored rare weapon. And that's the damage of a 350 dps legacy ST. Try it when you have the money.

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Bumblebutt wrote:

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RagnarokChu wrote:

Okay factor in doing the same dps without all of the mana nodes or blood magic/mana leech gems for otherwise unsustainable attacks with an equivalent weapon.

There's hardly anything "unsustainable". That's just a lie you tell yourself to make you feel better about buying a ST.

. Do you see me linking any blood magic or mana leech gem?

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RagnarokChu wrote:

What is the point of this post, that is somewhat less DPS.

280 pdamage is for the NEW soul taker only worth 30-50 exalts.

Somewhat: to a moderate extent or by a moderate amount.
50% less damage is not moderate by any mean. And 50% is already an understatement. I'd say about 1/3 of a mirrored rare weapon. And that's the damage of a 350 dps legacy ST. Try it when you have the money.

Are you missing the point of the item? The item is NOT made to be attached to every single build for a massive dps increase, the ENTIRE point of the item is to be used for stuff that requires massive amounts of substance for the ability to even work and run many auras at one time.

Are you debating that you can buy more damage with a different rare item? That's not the reason why soul taker is valuable, your point is entirely moot because that is not why people buy the item.

For builds that lose alot of DPS in using a blood magic gem or alot of mods and nodes and affixes because of their chosen attack can fix that and run multiple auras by getting a soul taker, giving them the same competitive dps with a equivalent rare in their hands.

You're the one missing the point. For every class of 1H weapon, there's probably a mirror worthy rare that outdoes ST in everything it does. So that translate into for virtually every build, bar cyclone, you can find a much better weapon than ST for the same price.
List stuffs that "requires massive amounts of substance for the ability to even work" and I will prove you wrong by using a 6L all damage support rare weapon without any mana issue and record it, except cyclone.

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Bumblebutt wrote:

You're the one missing the point. For every class of 1H weapon, there's probably a mirror worthy rare that outdoes ST in everything it does. So that translate into for virtually every build, bar cyclone, you can find a much better weapon than ST for the same price.
List stuffs that "requires massive amounts of substance for the ability to even work" and I will prove you wrong by using a 6L all damage support rare weapon without any mana issue and record it, except cyclone.

Almost every single build that uses ST as a main item is a cyclone build.

Missing the entire point of the item.

Also I am talking about non legacy 280 dps soul taker, I literally just said the reason why legacy soul taker is extra expensive is because people who need soul taker are getting overcharged for the original better version.

The "legacy" one was previously sold for 30-50 exalts.