Dual weapons vs Shields

Obsidian the Black · 07-06-2002, 12:55 PM

How many people prefer dual swords to shields?

DeSoya · 07-06-2002, 01:14 PM

I'd have to say that it all depends. I picked dual weapons cuz it's what my character right now uses. Shields can be great tho'. Yummmmmmm. Armor Class.

DeSoya

Greadius · 07-06-2002, 04:42 PM

Shields are for pansies.

Dual weapons are for the weak.

Give me a Greatsword

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 07-06-2002, 04:47 PM

depends on how I'm playing I guess... and how angry I am... if I'm really mad, I'll throw caution to the wind, and give an all out attack, either with my Dual Katanas, or my 2 bladed weapon... otherwise, I'll just go for my longsword (from candlekeep) and my Darksteel sheild.

Ar-Cunin · 07-06-2002, 05:14 PM

so far I'm using shields

I don't have any feats in dual-wield(?)

It may change later on though

Nerull · 07-06-2002, 06:40 PM

Depends (you didn't give that option on the poll).

I'm playing a cleric right now, so it only makes sense to use a shield. However, if I am playing a character that I envision as dual-wielding longswords, then I will dual-wield. Rangers are built for dualwielding; clerics, druids, and (especially) wizards and sorcerers are not. How I envision my character and his development determines what I use (shields are awesome in this game, though).

Downunda · 07-06-2002, 06:58 PM

Greataxe for me

Elric of Scotland · 07-06-2002, 07:58 PM

nah!!!!!! yer all pansys i'm currently playing a monk use my fists
HAI YA!!!!!!!!!!!.

tonious · 07-06-2002, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Greadius:
Shields are for pansies.

Dual weapons are for the weak.

Give me a Greatsword

You read my mind...

theifprowess · 07-06-2002, 09:08 PM

ditto

only i like great axes.but then all barbarians do.

View Poll Results: Dual weapons vs Shields
Dual Weapons	11	61.11%
Shields	7	38.89%
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07-06-2002, 12:55 PM	#1
Obsidian the Black Elminster Join Date: May 8, 2002 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 470	How many people prefer dual swords to shields? __________________ Caelic's Wowwiki information page

07-06-2002, 01:14 PM	#2
DeSoya Manshoon Join Date: March 27, 2002 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 45 Posts: 199	I'd have to say that it all depends. I picked dual weapons cuz it's what my character right now uses. Shields can be great tho'. Yummmmmmm. Armor Class. DeSoya __________________ \"We all enter this world in the same way: naked; screaming; soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn\'t have to stop there.\" <br />Dana Gould

07-06-2002, 04:47 PM	#4
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 39 Posts: 7,029	depends on how I'm playing I guess... and how angry I am... if I'm really mad, I'll throw caution to the wind, and give an all out attack, either with my Dual Katanas, or my 2 bladed weapon... otherwise, I'll just go for my longsword (from candlekeep) and my Darksteel sheild. __________________ Skydracgrrl: Cruelty, thy name is Cal! --- There are none so blind as those who refuse to see, none so deaf as those who refuse to hear, and none so smelly as those who refuse to bathe.

07-06-2002, 05:14 PM	#5
Ar-Cunin Ra Join Date: August 14, 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Age: 52 Posts: 2,326	so far I'm using shields I don't have any feats in dual-wield(?) It may change later on though __________________ Life is a laugh <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[biglaugh]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/biglaugh.gif\" /> - and DEATH is the final joke <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[hehe]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/hehe.gif\" />

07-06-2002, 04:42 PM	#3
Greadius The Magister Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 126	Shields are for pansies. Dual weapons are for the weak. Give me a Greatsword

07-06-2002, 06:40 PM	#6
Nerull Lord Ao Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 53 Posts: 2,069	Depends (you didn't give that option on the poll). I'm playing a cleric right now, so it only makes sense to use a shield. However, if I am playing a character that I envision as dual-wielding longswords, then I will dual-wield. Rangers are built for dualwielding; clerics, druids, and (especially) wizards and sorcerers are not. How I envision my character and his development determines what I use (shields are awesome in this game, though). __________________ [img]\"ubb/noncgi/smiles/new/ghoul.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br /><br />\"The middle class pays all of the taxes, does all of the work.<br />The lower class exists just to scare the middle class.\"<br />-George Carlin

07-06-2002, 06:58 PM	#7
Downunda Set - Egyptian God of Chaos Join Date: January 7, 2002 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Age: 45 Posts: 2,975	Greataxe for me __________________ \"Doing stuff is overrated, like Hitler, he did lots of stuff, but doesn\'t everybody wish he\'d just stayed at home and smoked pot?!?\"

07-06-2002, 07:58 PM	#8
Elric of Scotland Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: June 20, 2002 Location: Scotland Age: 50 Posts: 34	nah!!!!!! yer all pansys i'm currently playing a monk use my fists HAI YA!!!!!!!!!!!.

07-06-2002, 09:08 PM	#10
theifprowess Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: March 9, 2002 Location: california Posts: 613	ditto only i like great axes.but then all barbarians do.

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