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#1 May 08 2007 at 11:33 AM Rating: Decent
Iv been using duel wield since 40 and it's been fine. I kind of miss watching windfury take out half someones health but the dps seems to even out. Been thinkin about goin back to 2 handed. Should i?
#2 May 08 2007 at 12:05 PM Rating: Decent
Again, it's a question of Shamanistic Rage. If you don't use SR, then the 2h/dw question becomes mostly one of personal preference. I think you'll end up doing comparable damage with both options (assuming you have comparable weapons). Flurry/WF proc rates are scaled with weapon speed, so that won't be a problem. You'll find that a lot more of your hits with a 2h weapon will proc F/WF, but then you're hitting less often. Supposedly, they're designed to proc a certain number of times per minute regardless of weapon used. If you use a fast weapon (or two weapons), you might get 1 proc every 4 hits but still proc 4 times a minute. With the slow 2h, you might get a proc every other hit, and still proc 4 times a minute.

The only difference will be with mana regen on SR. As that is based entirely on hits, you'll get a lot less mana back with a 2h weapon. Enough less that most people say it isn't worth it to use the SR/2h combo. As someone who was Enh all the way to level 70 (before respeccing to Ele), I can tell you from personal experience that the 2h weapons were more fun to watch for the big hits, but a lot less efficient over longer fights and instances/raids.

If you haven't specced SR, though...I'd say go with whatever you have more fun watching.
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