The one change Dom2 really needs.....

[Zen]

The second Conceptual Balance Mod in the Series deals with Items and makes those Life Draining weapons considerably more in line. Though this won't in effect stop people from making SC's with lifedraining weapons, but unfeasible to make a ton of mini-combatants. I don't know whether or not this is a good or a bad change, but a change nonetheless. As a spoiler, the costs have been adjusted on various items to look like:

Wraith Sword - Construction 4, 4D, 40 Death Gems (Now you will probably pick Standards of the Damned, but that's the trade off)
Blood Thorn - Construction 6, 3B2N, 20 Blood Slaves, 10 Nature Gems
Clam of Pearls - 4W, 10 Water, 10 Astral
Fever Fetish - 2F2N, 10 Fire, 10 Nature
Blood Stone - 3B2E, 20 Blood, 10 Earth
Winged Shoes - 2A, 10 Air

etc.