I could simply make 1h weapons more powerful with skills on a global. And 2H would be king of auto attack builds. This might be a gud idea.

The rogue gains a +100 poison damage buff from the 20pt Widow Strike talent. It's a nice incentive to dual wield but I'm concerned about scaling. Are you saying a +100 elemental damage perk like that is completely eclipsed by elite 2h weapon auto attacks? If so, should that perk deal bonus percent damage instead of flat?

Edit: I'd probably take the talent either way because of the boost to Widow Strike DoT damage.

Your tests aren't very fair if you're using equipment and talents designed for a 2H build. A 1H build would emphasize +elemental damage and physical damage. And what class were you? SKs heavily skew in favor of 2H damage because of gasping frenzy.

With dual wield in general I think it will always have problematic scaling from how the dual wield skill mimics the EQ system. Why not make dual wielding have a set chance and remove the scaling DW skill from the game?

I don't have the exact numbers on how DW chance scales, but at early levels you have a very low chance to trigger your offhand hit making DW worthless at the start. That chance gets higher as your skill goes up through leveling. I anticipate a system like that would make balancing DW vs 2H impossible because you would have to pick a single point on the curve when determining the damage to delay ratios of the weapons. All levels outside that point on the curve would be skewed.

I like your idea Maelfyn of DW granting an inherent bonus to skill haste. I think it would a good way to distinguish auto attackers vs. global-cooldown classes.

Warriors are a flurry class too! Don't worry though, I'm leveling up something to test this more right now.

Nah that's my rogue.

Haha yeah. Forums aren't just a place to vent. I love how much activity and interaction we have here.

Maelfyn, your support of the game convinced me to back your project. I don't know how you find the time to do it but you're doing an awesome job.

Thanks bro. I'm trying to do this full-time. Imagine my response times then!

I'll give it some time to marinate. We'll see how the players respond over time. I want both to be viable, but it's pretty tricky to get it right because there are so many moving parts. Like are you truly gearing for 1H, etc? 1H builds would favor skill haste, +to hit damage, and so on.

In any case I think it should at the very least be viable. That's the goal at least. I'm not aiming for absolutely parity here. Just viability. There's too much variety in this game to aim for parity.