>From: "Christopher Andrews" <cmandy_drew@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: [eqbards] dual weild
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:54:21 PST
>
>Hello Bards and friends,
> Seeing that I'm nearing lvl 17, i was curious about a few things
>really...
>
>1) What is a good strategy to use while dual weilding?
>
If you want to maximize your skill checks and your chance to DW place your
fastest weapon in your secondary slot. Your DW skill is checked whenever
the delay on your secondary weapon goes off.
>2) I'm currently equipped with a PGT (dmg 6 del 24, berserker str proc wt
>6)
>and SBS (shield of course will go bye bye), and a Pugius Dagger (dmg 5 del
>21 wt 2.?) which I use to hone my piercing skills after the PGT has already
>proc'd. [BTW, i realize that proc means cast, but what does it stand for or
>mean? =)] So will weilding both of these drain my stamina too quickly you
>think?
Actually the Dagger is a good, fast secondary weapon. The PGT on the other
hand is heavy and will drain your stamina in a medium to long battle while
DW'ing. You can devote a song slot to Jaxon's Jig o' Vigor to replenish
stamina in battle or find a lighter primary weapon. The PGT is a great
weapon up till your mid to high 20's, around 27/28th level you will find
most mobs will blast through it in ont to two rounds leaving you with a
mediocore str buff and a massive agility penalty.
>
>3) And what are some good hot keys to have set up as I'm just learning the
>skill?
>
No hot keys required.
>4) When you auto attack, do both weapons go auto or must you continue to
>click on some key or repeatedly type something?
>
Both weapons will attack automaticly and independently of each other.
>5) What are some other good relatively inexpensive weapons to use for this?
>Some ideas i have are Bladed Thulian Claws, Dragoon Dirk, and a 1h staff
>possibly a Staff of Writhing. Those are still a little out of my price
>range
>though; Dirk is not, but no one seems to ever want to let one go. =P Unless
>they just ran across a Runed Bone Fork - in my dreams!!
>
> Well I guess I can wait on some gift from the Gods or help from you
>friendly wanderers of Norrath. My ears have turned to you folks (good
>choice
>eh? lol)
>
The slower, heavier weapons will be stamina hogs in battle, and going OOS
(out of stamina) in a battle is a bad thing, you will take big hits to your
attributes. The light fast weapons will aliviate this problem at the
expense of damage dealt.
>
>Pava, Bard of measure 16
>Silent Dragons
>Cazic Thule
>
One final note on DW, is you need to place no skill points in it at all for
it to go up. You get it free at 17th level.
Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server