VF - 2h or Sword-n-Board...preference?

[Jinxxer]

Just curious as to fellow DK's preferences for wield style. I have tried going 2h style several times and I just don't seem to do nearly as well as I do with S/S.

I also just picked up another Greatsword for a weapon macro switch but it doesn't seem worth it. I also notice that the amount of counterattack opportunities go down significantly compared to several triggers with s/s. Let alone I have a shield with 25% block rate and of course AC is always nice. I dunno, I really wanted to do 2h, but it hasn't proven to be worthy...at least to me.

[velzevul]

I currently only whip out SS combo if I am fighting in a tough place and need to block a lot, or when more than 1 mob come trying to butter my behind.

counterattack opportunities - again, most of time i dont find them worth bothering, because it seems (I may be wrong) one needs to wait for counterattack to execute before using Malice or Vengeful Strike again, which I find hardly worth it (unless you are short on endurance of course).

I just picked up a rare great sword with 25 dps on it (I am level 19), and amount of damage I do in 1 on 1 situation or grp dps situation is slightly better it seems. I mean, when you see a 700 malice crit followed by a 900 wrack crit (happened once so far today, most of time crits are way lower like 300-500 ranges), that just warms your heart.

So all-in-all, in a defensive situation, definitely SS, in situation where you can afford to go offensive, a really good 2hs for your level seems to pay for itself - if you cant afford a high dps 2hs, there is still a couple of quests that give you a 15dps 2h wep, which is pretty respectable for my level still.

[Hyatt]

Since I got Dakkar, The Gloom Blade I have no need for 2h :>

Anyhow, it seems the DPS of 1-handers is close to that of 2h. Of course, potential burst damage is a lot more for 2h. Since I tank a lot though, I'll always take the 1h if given a choice.

[velzevul]

I also had some crazy blue body armor drop in the cave on Skawlra rock at the north east end of Qalia...

I mean, I was like 18 at the time, and armor is 120 AC, 9/9 con/str and 151 hps... I was like WTFOMG. And highest other than mine, that I have seen so far near my level are like 105 AC 5/5 con/str and about 50-70 hp.

Was it a fluke or really damn lucky?

Meanwhile ppl on Thestra on my server are sporting a couple of legendary weapons already... I was quite surprised, us on Qalia havnt seen them yet.

[Jinxxer]

Originally Posted by velzevul

counterattack opportunities - again, most of time i dont find them worth bothering, because it seems (I may be wrong) one needs to wait for counterattack to execute before using Malice or Vengeful Strike again, which I find hardly worth it (unless you are short on endurance of course).

I thought that too, but I tested it and Vengance still works on your next attack even if you activate another ability before it's executed.

[velzevul]

good to know, thanks!

[Jinxxer]

No prob. I spent some more time with my 2hander. I need to max it's skill back out before I can truly decide whether to keep around or not. If anything might switch to it before I would SS + Harrow, Malice, Wrack and really any of those abilties that increase damage based off of a percent,and harrow for a bigger tap. That WOULD be a bit of a pain though too. *shrug* still not sure yet.

[Cougar]

Both.

I use S/S when I'm tanking multi dot mobs and/or higher level mobs.

I use 2h when we are mowing the mobs down.

My Shadow Step/Harrow macro always switches to my 2hander to get the higher damage potiential for the lifetap. (unfortunately I need another macro to go back to S/S but it isn't that cumbersome)

Train both, don't ignore either. The fighter with greater flexibility and higher utilization of his available tools will be the better fighter over the one who adheres to one or the other exclusively.

~C~

[TeamSKKeris]

2hs all the time. Never had a problem tanking, ever. I get the +10 bonus to weapons as a human and I have a cloak that gives me +37 to 2hs.

I have a mace and shield in a bag, but never use it. Mostly because my skill in mace is not on level, and all I see are miss, miss, miss, miss, hit, repeat. They need to make weapon skills move up faster.

[Bloodrite]

I've gone strictly 2H'er and have had very few times that I felt like I needed a shield, even in dungeons. But you have made me curious if you feel that the dps is nearly as much. I'll have to check it out.