@GGG: Enough of this about dual wielding and reave

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Veruski escribió:

"rares will always be BiS"

"maps are supposed to be about item drops and not xp"

"razer footprints will only be temporary"

"we care about build diversity"

"we want to avoid power creep"

etc

there's dozens more, but going back on what they say is not new for them

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pneuma escribió:

This does not need to be its own thread.
Since this is just a restatement of the dual-wield thread, here's my repost (bolded the important part):

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pneuma escribió:

As an example, take two people using Reave:
- "Slow": 1 attack per second, 10 physical damage each hit.
- "Fast": 2 attacks per second, 5 physical damage each hit.

In pure dps terms, the two are equivalent.
"Slow" does better against armor, since armor guards less of his bigger hit.
"Fast" gets the benefit of being able to move in between the swings, to be able to get in and out of combat more easily.
With Reave, "Fast" gets a secondary benefit -- he gets an AoE buff.

In this way, Reave is attack-speed aligned. Since dual-wielding grants an attack-speed multiplier, Reave should be dual-wielding aligned.

There is definitely a problem [with dual-wielding] if a skill that specifically has strong synergy with attack-speed is still not used with mechanics that maximize attack-speed.

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UnderOmerta escribió:

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Veruski escribió:

"rares will always be BiS"

"maps are supposed to be about item drops and not xp"

"razer footprints will only be temporary"

"we care about build diversity"

"we want to avoid power creep"

etc

there's dozens more, but going back on what they say is not new for them

It's not that they go back on what they say. It's that what they say makes no sense to begin with.

How can Reave be about dual wielding if you alternate weapons? How can maps be about item drops and not XP if they're the only way for a high level character to get any XP? None of those sentiments make any sense even from the start.

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SL4Y3R escribió:

While providing real life example is not usually the best in a magic game, I'm gonna go with it. When I see people duel wield, they don't always attack with both weapons. I don't think it's a necessary function personally.

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Remember when they said "Cyclone won't desync because it ignores collision"...

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Legatus1982 escribió:

Just because the attack speed bonus helps build stacks doesn't mean it's a dual wield skill. You're wasting your "offhand" during every attack you alternate while dual wielding, and not wasting your offhand when you use 1h with a shield.