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How do you explain all the dual weilders with wurmslayer + a fast weapon who saw more than 1 offhand swing between mainhand swings?

How do you explain people putting a lightstone in their mainhand so it won't swing but still getting swings in their offhand?

[From 2001] "Off hand swings are on an independant timer not on the same on as your primary. To try it give a high level warrior a fast weapon for off hand and a really slow one for primary. Every so often he will end up swinging the off hand weapon a couple times in between primary swings."

[From 2002]: "Yup. I'm still amazed that this rumor is hanging around. How often your Secondary weapon swings has NOTHING to do with your Primary's delay. Do a test yourself if you really want to. Used to use a Wurmslayer/Lupine Dagger, and I can tell you without a doubt that the Lupine was frequently getting in twice as many hits as the Wurmslayer (and yes, I took Double Attack into account, had Misses turned on). "

Finally, I was playing at that time, too, and as a bard, I used a crystallized sword (11/38) and a dragoon dirk for a long time, and I distinctly remember seeing two pierces in between slashing attacks (I never turned off misses) many times. And this was early in the game's existence, too, definitely before 2003.

I think it was just a popular rumor.

EDIT: from monkly business, in Jan 2002:


Double Attack Percentage = (Skill Level plus Level ) / 500

Dual Wield Percentage = [ ( (Level * 7 plus 5) plus Level ) / 400 ] (DW caps at 252 so max DW Percentage is .63)

Damage Bonus (Primary Hand only) = ( Level - 25 ) / 3

Primary Modal = ( Weapon Damage * 2 ) Damage Bonus

Primary Hand Comparable Modal = Primary Modal / Weapon Delay

Off Hand Comparable Modal = Primary Modal / Weapon Delay * Dual Wield Percentage

More proof that offhand was independent of primary hand early in the game's history