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[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

No, they are independent of each other. How are you making a DPS calculator and saying this shit.

You misunderstood what I said. The Main Hand timer and the Off Hand timer are independent, but the only way an Off Hand Swing can be triggered is via a Main Hand Swing.

For example, Let's say you have a 20 Delay weapon in your Main Hand, and a 10 Delay weapon in your Off Hand:

0 Seconds - Main hand Swing Timer Started (Main hand weapon Swing)
0 Seconds - Off Hand Swing Timer Started (Dual Wield triggered, Off Hand weapon Swing)
1 Seconds - Off Hand Swing Timer Finished
2 Seconds - Main hand Swing Timer Finished
2 Seconds - Main hand Swing Timer Started (Main hand weapon Swing)
2 Seconds - Off Hand Swing Timer Started (Dual Wield triggered, Off Hand weapon Swing)
2 Seconds - Off Hand Swing Double Attack
2 Seconds - Off Hand Swing Triple Attack
etc.

The Off Hand timer finishes before the Main Hand timer, because the Off Hand weapon delay is faster. However, Off Hand Swings require a Main Hand Swing first to check whether dual wield triggers or not. This means there is no normal way to get a second Off Hand Swing between 1 second and 2 seconds, even though the Off Hand timer is ready. The exception to this would be if you get a dual wield trigger from a riposte between 1 and 2 seconds, as ripostes can happen asynchronously to your Main Hand Swings. You can also double/triple attack with an Off Hand Swing, but that wouldn't happen between 1 second and 2 seconds. It would happen at the same time as the Off Hand Swing.

You can test this yourself in P99 by doing Fistweaving on a Monk with a 2h weapon that has a higher delay than your fists. Or use a weapon like Wurmslayer in your Main Hand, and a really fast weapon in your Off Hand. You usually won't get more dual wield attempts than your dual wield percentage chance, unless perhaps you get very lucky with both dual wield triggers and Off Hand double/triple attacks. This is because every time you Swing your Main Hand, you have an X% chance to trigger dual wield, where that percent chance is based on your dual wield skill.

If you could get multiple Off Hand Swings (that are not double/triple attacks) in between Main Hand Swings by using a faster Off Hand weapon, you would see a higher volume of dual wield triggers than your dual wield percentage chance.