2 handed sword vs 2 weapons

[Ugaya]

Hi ChrisSe77,
I'm not sure about switching to the inventory screen will pause the game. You can pause and then "hastily search" or use one of the quick weapon buttons...
Anyway, I have to admit that I referred to my PnP games (you know, the "real" (or the ancient) ones, with a dungeon master, people sitting around a table, dozens of dice before them. This kind of stuff.)
Having the wrong weapon equipped and trying to change it costs a round or even more (depends on the DM and/or the weapon). I know, I'm old fashioned, but in this case I think the PnP games are better (more realistic). Thus, I have to dual wield to avoid hastily.... .

[koz-ivan]

from a pure utility perspective, dual wield. there are many weapons that work great in concert w/ each other and you have the option to use a shield if you are getting rocked.

for example.

celestial fury with an offhand belm or kundane, gives 2 extra attacks one w/ the fury and one with off hand weapon. (scarlet ninja-to, for high level th)

or the use of weapons w/ cool special abilities, say resistance to level drain or a strength increase.

there are some great two handers in soa but not really outshine some of the high end one handed weapons: (not quite as heavily enchanted + wise but very powerfull nonetheless.)
the fury, flail of ages, day star, the drinker, belm, kundane, scarlet ninja-to.
or the crom, blackrazor, couple of good maces too...

i have not done a study of the improved chances of critical hits of the two handed weapon style, but imo the fact that you could not use a shield and the pure killing power of both FoA & the fury were much better than any of the two-handers (holy avenger, prob the the only exception)

from a looks standpoint a berzerker looks much more intimidating w/ one really big weapon than two smaller ones but that's just a cosmetic thing...

[mans]

From my perspective, I get to use dual only when I go for the enchantments/powers that 1-handed swords give. Being cummulative, these can't be substituted with any single two-handed swords.

However, I tend to be most comfortable with two-handed swords, more powerful in hitting and quite a blast to the ego too. hehe I just can't seem to observe the extra attacks dualweilding is supposed to give. It still seems that my dual-wielding characters still get clobbered in between hits. By the way, most of the time I dual-weild, I tend to use the flail of the ages as they rock against trolls.

[Ares]

I prefer Dual because it just makes you look cooler with 2 different colored weapons...i prefer Daystar and Dragonslayer/Crom for my dual-wielding purposes. I also believe you do better with Dual cause then you hit with two different weapons wich have their own abilities, instead of just one weapon with its meager abilities (Carsomyr the only exception) thought i throw my thinking in their

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[Red Dragon Slayer]

I love weapons that deal many different kind of damages..very handy while killing trolls...they just won't die if you don't use fire or acid

[tehmpus]

Personally, I believe that AC is king. Therefore, a good tank should always use a darn SHIELD! But if you dont like shields, then dual wielding is the way to go since two-handed swords don't do 3D6 damage vs large creatures in BGII.


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Tehmpus Thales the permanently InSaNe

Thanks for all you comments. It is great.

[Dreamer128]

Originally posted by Nifft the Nimble: Is talking about weapons which come late in the game a SPOILER? Well just in case: W - E - A - P - O - N S - P - O - I - L - E - R - S A - H - E - A - D - Vorpal Blade (2-handed sword... only +3 but NICE special power) -- Nifft

VB is +4

[Dundee Slaytern]

Originally posted by Dreamer128: VB is +4

Nada, Silver Sword is +3.

[Chris77Se]

Hi Ugaya !

In BGII, you get a break when you open your backpack (You also get a message which says that you are in break-mode). In BGI, the break was stopped at once when you opened the equipmentscreen (
OK, in PnP, changing a weapon of course takes a round...

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