[Olorin]

Without a fix, azuredge's two icons do look exactly the same. The way I tell them apart is to wait for the tooltips to open, as they identify the mode. Once you use it for awhile, you'll remember which one is first and which is second.

The azuredge fix (it's in one of the fixpacks I think) not only gives a different icon for melee and ranged modes, but also fixes some problems with it's destroy undead ability. Apparently, in the original game, several classes of undead are not included in it's insta-kill targeting.

My advice is to use Azuredge solely for ranged attacks (unless you're fighting undead who are being forced to save vs. death), and switch to something else for melee. You will avoid the ApR issue, and once you've set Azuredge to ranged, you don't have to mess with it. I like it especially because it allows a fighter to use a shield and still have a strong ranged weapon.

A dwarven fighter with grandmastery in axes and sword and shield style is just cool.