On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 BROWNCA9@... wrote:

>
> Hi there, I'm Hire. 14th level bard on Vallon ZEK! I'm nearing
> the magical L17 and dual wield, and I'm wondering what are the
> most effective weapon? I was thinking of combine longswords
> for a while, but it seems now-adays with my fine steel
> longsword I'm missing 2/3 of my swings anyway (exaggeration
> alert!). Recently switched to a fine steel short and even
> though I went from 12 dmg per round to 8, I'm missing a lot
> less. There is obviously a balance to be reached, so my question
> is .. high delay : high damage? Or vice versa?

Get a logfile parser. Fight the same mobs for a long time
(i.e. camp a spot). Use one weapon half the time, use the
other weapon half the time. Parse your logfile and figure out
which one you do better with.
--
John H. Kim
kim@...