I'm still not sure...partially because yesterdays restart has everything buggered to all hell. My Greatsword skill is maxed, but 2-hand slashing is stuck at 103/140 with 707 points left in my pool. I just spent a good 3 hours in the Achatlan Caves and VoH and it didn't move ONCE. So my damage comparisons may be a little off due to the high miss rate of my 2hnd because 2hslash isn't maxed.
Anyone else notice that 2-hand weapons aren't showing up in the exchange if you filter primary or secondary hand? I had to have empty filters (aside from class filter) and put "great" in the search field to even find any 2-handers...noticed that yesterday...might have something to do with my 2hand slash not going up???
Just a note too, I usually do decent DPS S/S because I normally stay in offensive stance because I block fairly often, but there are times that I will go defensive stance...I think everyone knows when those times are. ^_^
Like I said though, it seems the DPS isn't too far off. 1hand weapons have lower damage, but higher swing rate, and 2hnd = higher dmg, slower swing rate. So to me it would make sense to sword/board when grouped in def stance due to the 30% hate gain per attack. More atks=more hate. Plus I personally use Vengeance (which seems to trigger more often with s/s), so a no-cost attack with additional damage plus a stun (comes in handy disrupting spells/heals) is nice. Only downfall to that though is it lasts for 3 hits...so it would have to be perfect timing (which you have little control over due to fast timer, and it executes on next attack) to disrupt abilities because 3+ people...that mob will be hit 3+ times very very quickly. lol So luck is definately a factor.
The biggest benefit I can see to a 2hander is for the abilities that increase damage by percent, as well as Harrow. Like I said though, I need to be able to max my 2-hand slash skill though to truly test these things. Nonetheless, I see nothing wrong with carrying around both and making yourself a quick switch macro.
Okay, I'm done rambling on!
