>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>> Another example, I can't wield 2 dragoon dirks.
>
><sarcasm>
>I'm sorry you have to operate at 98% potential effectiveness
>using a different weapon in your second hand instead of
>another dirk. Just think - if you were wielding two dirks and
>found another better weapon, you'd have to operate at 98%
>effectiveness until you could get another of that new weapon.
>Why doesn't Verant just make the mobs drop two of each weapon
>at a time? Oh the horror.
></sarcasm>
>
>The game is perfectly playable using a different weapon in
>your off hand. What you are complaining about is a "want,"
>not a "need."
>
What's the big deal with people wanting 2 of the same item?
Just from a game mechanics point of view, 2 items with differing
delays are better. They get out of synch, and allow shorter
windows for casters to get a spell off. Plus, I LIKE the way
different weapon combo's look. <g>