I need to farm shard droppers anyway because I've been cheating on Ludwig with my Hunter AX and want it to +6 (at 5 now). I'd like to do the same with my flamesprayer and blunderbus which are +4 respectively.
As much as I love the Ax moveset I almost wish I did not split between 18 STR and 18 arcane. My build would have been tighter choosing one and having a bit more 15 Vit and 15 endurance. I can grind it out though and fix it eventually.
That charge r2 on the ax is just so useful in some situations and I feel like I whiff with Lud's sometimes because the range on even r1- r2 on Ax is a bit better. I also feel altitus kicking in, would love to try a Bloodtinge/Skill build soon too. I got time, will be playing for weeks still. Even though a dirty snatcher made me rage right before bed by jumping me and one shotting me right after I spawned last night causing me 8k souls down the drain.