It's great to see some of those new item abilities. The bow having stats that only boost ranged attack power and ranged critical strike chance gives me hope that they will do that on our normal armor itemization to free up some more stats.

Looks like fun.

the drood staff isn't that bad for a caster(spell crit 75, dmg300)+ the use (immunity to stn, silence, etc)
should we begin to farm some enchanting components?

It certainly occurred to me that a cheapo +40 damage enchant might be worthwhile even on a temporary weapon but in the end, I'm thinking that melee will so trump caster damage with these items that it's unlikely to be worth it even for a world first. The staff will most likely be used for the effect and little other reason. At least it is an upgrade versus other options for the fight =)

I will be quite disappointed if the world-first kill doesn't include a legendary with mongoose on it. The screenshot would be well worth the farming time.

Mongoose isn't that terribly expensive anyway. Maybe one with Sunfire or Soulfrost ...

Maybe it's me, but I'd be much more amused if there was a screenshot of that axe with minor beastslayer or lesser intellect on it.