IFS. I am disappoint.

[EQBallzz]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You shouldn't be any less accurate with the IFS than any other weapon.

The only thing I can think of is you started fighting mobs with better avoidance (higher level mobs) when you switched weapon, or you lost an attack buff.

Haste isn't going to be any better or worse for an IFS than any other weapon as it is a straight + n% mod to your melee damage; if duel wielding was better than ifs before haste, it will be the same situation after.

Perhaps your attack is at a tipping point for accuracy, in which case it may be worth trying again with the IFS when you are max skill and see if you do any better.

You are right that it is better to compare the times it takes to kill mobs than other damage metrics.

I know the accuracy is the same with IFS as it is with DW weapons but when you miss with fast DW weapons the dmg loss is minimal and the weapon speed makes up for it. If you miss two or three swings with that slow 40 delay weapon you are doing no dmg for a long time. Over the course of a long fight it would probably average out but when killing things that should die fairly quickly it's a problem.

Not only was my time to kill noticeably worse with the IFS but I was getting the serious beat down to my health when using the IFS. Sort of a double whammy. I'll level up my 2h to max and try some different mobs to see if I see different results but I'm not too encouraged so far.

My thought was that a beefy 2h weapon would be a better all around weapon to level with since mobs with DS on them really hurt when using fast DW weapons but it seems I would have been better off going for an SoS to go with my JM and putting the plat saved towards an FBSS or SCHW. I guess it's not a total waste since I got a good deal on the IFS and it will be useful at some point but sucks to have to bank it after going broke to buy it. Ahh well. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]