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![]() Lvl 18 Monk here.
So today I got a good deal on a Cane of Harmony and now I am stuck with a dilemma. I have 1 Wu's trance stick, 1 Cane of the Tranquil, and 1 Cane of Harmony. Up to this point I have used my Wu's trance stick in main hand and my Cane of Tranquil in the offhand. Should I just simply trade out my Cane of Tranquil for the Cane of Harmony? The Wu's trance stick does not proc for many more levels and its dmg/delay is the worst of all my 1hb's. Even with the really low delay of the Master Wu's Trance stick, isn't it better overall to use the Cane of Harmony in my main hand and the Cane of Tranquil in my off hand? Maybe I am missing something here. | ||
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![]() Basically use the Trance stick in MH and The Cane of Harmony in your off hand.
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BLUE 46 Warrior - Elkantor, 35 Shadowknight - Geldriia, 46 Enchanter - Shebreeze | ||
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![]() Don't forget about damage bonus and str bonus. That's independent of the damage on your weapon. A faster weapon which swings 15 times a minute means that per minute you do 15x your damage bonus. A slower weapon that swings 9 times a minute will utilize that damage less. That's why a pre-nerf Moss Covered Twig was also so sought after on live because it could be used in the main hand and swung stupidly fast with damage bonus'.
Also, the mechanics of off hand swinging are that you attempt to swing based on the delay of the weapon in your OH, but then it forces a skill check. Success = swing, Fail = no swing. That means that for raising dual wield you want a fast weapon in your OH because it will check the skill more often and raise the skill faster. Once DW is maxed, it's just about best ratio, but while leveling up, it can make a difference. Honestly though, the level of min/maxing you're talking about between those weapons is almost unnoticeable at the lower levels. You really only see major gains at higher levels with skills closer to their caps. | ||
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![]() So it seems like I do more damage with COH in main hand and COT in offhand. I don't have a scientific way to measure average DPS. Maybe I just feel like it is more damage because of bigger numbers.
How would someone actually do that? Can I create a log file in EQ? If so I could parse it and average the data pretty quickly. | ||
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#8
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![]() At level 18 you most certainly want Cane of Harmony in your mainhand and Cane of the Tranquil in offhand. Damage bonuses are minimal until higher levels, so you should mostly be concerned about the ratio of the weapons you're using. Trance stick won't be worth using in main hand until much later, and by then you will probably have better. Totally overrated weapon unless you need the proc, in my opinion.
Here's a chart that spells things out for you based on weapon setup and level (credit to Yaolin): http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=110823. It doesn't go as low as 18, but just use 30; it's basically the same. To answer your other questions, "/log on" turns on eqlog.txt in your EQ folder. Yalp and GamParse are popular parse programs. | ||
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Use the weapons with the best ratios. Damage bonus is a non factor until higher levels. | |||
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