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Originally Posted by bcbrown
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Yep, that's the best rule of thumb for quickly comparing weapons. It's also good to take into account the chance of successfully making the dual wield check. If you look at https://wiki.project1999.com/Dual_Wield, about halfway down there's a table showing the chance of succeeding at levels 50 and 60, and it's about 60-70% chance.
So to continue the example, let's say you're a monk at level 50, and you have a Jade Mace (9/18), an Adamantite Club (15/25), and a Peacebringer (28/30 2hb). The 1h damage bonus at level 50 is 8, and the 2h damage bonus for 30 delay is 13. The dual wield success rate is 75.5%.
So Jade Mace mainhand/Adamantite Club offhand will be (2*9+8)/18 + (2*15 + 0)/25 * .755, or 2.35
Swap the order and it'll be (2*15+8)/25 + (2*9+0)/18 * .755 or 2.28
The peacebringer will be (2*28+13)/30, or 2.30
So even though as Goregasmic points out, Adamantite Club is a better mainhand than Jade Mace, if those are your only two weapons I'd still put Jade Mace in the mainhand. |
Fair points. I mentioned <28 because that's the scenario I ran the numbers on back then, with no dmg bonus you're basically dealing with 2 offhands. I've always had trouble inserting the DW variable into DPS calculations because that page has no confirmed numbers. IIRC I've seen parses more around 65% but I'm really not sure. DSM probably has it in his calculator?
Also, to add another layer of complexity, it seems(?) double attack doesn't fire from offhand until 150 or so (lvl30) so it is probably an incentive to use the better ratio in mainhand until significant damage bonus kicks in to get a bit more bang for your bucks. Low DW chance and even lower DA on OH is why people will say to not bother with 1handers when 2h damage caps are lifted but that is somewhat beyond the point.