Sands of Aura

Sands of Aura

A few questions now I'm almost at the end
- Do rank 6 runes drop in NG+ or are they only from upgraded rank 5's?
- Can you farm chunks and ingots in NG if so where and is it worth it?
- When using the talisman that allows the pommels on both weapons to be active does the upgrade level of the offhand weapon matter?

I'm running a DoT build and thus have 2 pommels and a codex applying DoT's. Both pommels apply a % of weapon damage. My assumption is it uses the main hand weapon as the reference. However since its not clear what damage value is being used (actual damage on hit, minimum, averaged or maximum listed damage) it's hard to determine what's going on.

I believe it is using the main hand to determine damage even though the offhand has not been upgraded. I'd expect to see some very small number otherwise. I also think its likely the damage value is not the one applied by the hit but a fixed value such as minimum, average or maximum damage. I'd expect to see some decent numbers from criticals otherwise.

Thanks in advance for any sage advice.