On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Papa Legba wrote:

>
> Basically I was experimenting with a Shiny Brass Halbred vs 2 combine
> scimitars. With the SBH I had extremly random fights. I would rip

Bear in mind the SBH is just about the worst magical 2H slash
weapon out there. Very slow, low damage.

> through a mob one time and other times have to run from easy blues. The
> two combines allowed for very consistent damage streams. I preferred
> this (though I switch back and forth to keep my skills up), not to
> mention two scimitars look really cool, as opposed to the dorky looking
> halbred. Another advantage of the fast weapons is increased spell
> interuption, very nice...

I have not seen a weapon hit interrupt a non-green
spellcasting mob since about level 25. Of course if you
really want this advantage, you'd equip different speed
weapons in both hands to get their attacks out of synch.

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John H. Kim
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