Duel wieldFollow

At what level can one dual wield? I'm a druid in case it is class specific.

Is that it?

Warriors, Rogues, AND Hunters...
Not To Be An ***, Just Pointing It Out.

(and yes i know i capitalize all of my words alot, it makes feel like a BIG man! so sue me)

i even did a culation! -_-;; boooooooooo

i agree seomen my damage went WAY up from duel wielding with my rogue, and i havent noticed many more attacks missing or anything. 2handed<dual wiedling

Seoman is a hunter, and he says he hasn't noticed a difference.

XvermonX, your post is enlightening, but the way you've stated several things are inaccurate (you're not wrong in your understanding, just how you posted it).



That's only for the offhand weapon. Your main weapon hits just as often as ever, so going from 1H to Dual Wielded 1H is going to be an improvement in overall damage - and quite probably a significant one.

Second, your calculation:



The way you wrote it is wrong. Wielding two 1H weapons that are 10 DPS, using that formula, would result in a DPS of 3.75 - and I'm sure we can all agree that's not right. The proper way to write it would be:

Main DPS = X
Offhand DPS = Y

X + ((Y/2) * .25) = overall DPS
Or, in the principle of KISS:
X + (Y/8) = overall DPS

But that's not even the accurate formula, anyway. You've reduced accuracy to 25%, not 75%. The real formula is:

X + ((Y/2) * .75) - overall DPS

In our previous example of two 10 DPS weapons, the end result is 13.75 DPS - much closer to that 15 DPS hypothetical 2H weapon. And the Dual Wielded 1H weapons may be a better choice after all, since attacking more often gives more chances for critical hits and wreaks havoc with enemy spellcasting.

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I can understand going from a single one-handed weapon to dual wield you will certainly have a damage increase. Especially since it seems the delay isn't increased. (as is the case with FFXI.. ick)

But... I'm curious if you feel, especially for non-Rogue, going from a 2 handed axe to dual-wield axes would increase damage?

I'm only in the low teens on my hunter, but I've been keeping my axe leveled with theory I'd use dual-wielded axes once I hit 20...

Then I thought about the "instant-cast" melee moves, such as Raptor Strike, which is essentially a free swing, the extra damage from the big old 2-hand axe seems better.

With dual-wield, when you use something like Raptor Strike, does the off-hand even come into play? I seem to recall it doesn't, at least not when I played a rogue, using the Rogue's "Instant cast" moves, only the main hand seemed to do damage.

In other games like D&D and Neverwinter Nights, there's often a miss rate increase when dual weilding. However in those games, you gain a higher attack speed. I think dual weilding in WoW is pointless when you're not a rogue though.

I also only dual wield in order to increase Agility. My average damage on my ranged weapon (as well as melee) has increased significantly as a result of my Agility bonus. Plus, I like daggers... they tend to have nice DPS.

Duel weilding is mostly for rogues. They have a talent that allows them to hit for full damage with the offhand. It's good to use vs casters, but not so great against tanks with lots of ac. Better to go 2hander in that case.

Yeah, good point, I'll have to admit I was wrong, Raptor Strike isn't a free swing... Guess I was thinking like the Sinister Strike of my Rogue, but now that you point it out, it does replace the normal swing.

Although, I still think I won't give up the big roundhouse swing of the 2-hander that my Dwarf Hunter does for the Raptor Strike, if nothing else, it looks too cool.

As I get better at using my pet to hold Aggro, allowing me to stand back and blast away, I'm finding I do less and less melee fighting anyway...

Does anyone else have a problem with the struggle to pick a single class to play? I have too much fun with a number of classes... Such problems...