QUOTE(friggo @ Apr 19 2017, 10:45)

Regarding maxed weapon proficiency, assuming I have the following weapons:
ethereal axe
non-ethereal axe with elemental prefix
And I level both of them to item level 10, they'll both have void strike + elemental strike, right? So basically it's always better (as melee build) to have an ethereal weapon rather than elemental weapon, because ethereal has no burden/interference, right?
No burden/interference is
nice, but past a certain point it won't affect you enough for you to care. (and, having a significant amount of burden is sometimes
desirable for high level players who play 1h and want to block - counterattack as much as possible, rather than evade)
If I were you, I wouldn't worry about it either way, just get something to IW10.