Yeah, I agree... the way I look at it it's basically crit + random stuff like bonus armor, faster ranged attack vs. more raw AP. The raw AP is prob more damage overall in a PVE situation but the crit will prob net more kills.
I have both tbh. Was trying to figure out which one to commit to. Will sell the Crossbow.
is the bow that valuable on your server? I doubt it would sell for more than 15g on mine. I would just keep it. With Full Bis and axe spec you will have enough crit even with crossbow imo
Thrash Blade MH is the old standard, but it's proc is really low, some ppl would be disappointed. For a War Bloodrazor MH should be great though, since you don't have breakable CC. Tbh I would not go Fury, but even if you want to, a 2H Slam build would be best. There is an abundance of amazing two handers in this bracket.
For fury try a 2H build. It honestly isn't as bad as people make it out to be.
If wanted to go 1h, use Thrash main hand and flurry axe off. This is what a lot of warriors do pre raid gear.
Thanks for the info y'all. My 49 War has all the gear I'm going to seriously go after (got the ZF, Mara, BRD drops but decided to skip ST). Look out for my on the battlefield - Stuxen.