Talk:Shrine to Saint Joshua/@comment-14161404-20150529095118

(I seem to not be able to reply to Axlefish.)

While the HC is a "freeing up" of your weapon slot,  it's still a big hit on the subsequent weapon stat loss of +9/+9 Watchful/Shadowy.

Sure you can get a rare success and pick up a Ratwork Watch without a great expendature of Echoes, (making it +8, a net loss of 1) for Watchful (I very recently did.) But there's no substitute for the Shadowy weapon component without paying 450 echoes (and having +8 or said net loss of 1 Shadowy.)