Dual wield checks whenever your 'off' hand is ready to swing. Regardless of
how fast your primary swings.

So at lower levels you will want your fastest weapons in off-hand to cause
it to do a DW check more often, thus increasing the skill faster. At higher
levels, however, the skill doesn't have as far to go and you have a 'minimum
dmg cap' on your primary hand so you put your fastest weapon in your primary
hand to boost your average dmg up with that minimum dmg factor.

Rangers have known this for a looooong time since the difference is so much
more dramatic with double attack.

Lyrnia Jongleur
Bard of Norrath

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elijah Meeker" <elijah@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] 17th Level

> From: "Elijah Meeker" <elijah@...>
>
> >Ack, halt right there.
> >
> >Dual wielding is completely independant.
> >
> >The delay of your primary hand has nothing to do with the delay of your
off
> >hand. That being said, if you want to dual wield a lot, put a very fast
> >weapon into your off hand.
> >
>
>
> Whoops, when last I heard the word on how these things worked (some time
> ago) you did a check for Dual Weild at the end of every primary attack. A
> faster weapon in your primary hand meant more checks, likely meaning more
> dual weilding. No?
>
>
> >At lower levels, with no minimum damage, the conventional theory is to
put
> >the faster weapon in the off hand so that you will dual weild more.
>
>
> Yow, that's what I get for being gone for so long. Thanks,
>
> Tszaaz
>
>
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